Mecosta
Anna Howard Shaw
Paris, MI
As a child in 1859, suffragist Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) moved with her family from Massachusetts to Mecosta County.
Barryton
Barryton, MI
In 1894 Frank and Marion Barry registered the plat for a new village named Barryton with the state of Michigan.
Fairman Building
Big Rapids, MI
Banker Ferdinand Fairman (1833-1902) built this structure in 1880-81.
Ferris Institute
Big Rapids, MI
This college was founded in 1884 by Woodbridge N. Ferris as the Big Rapids Industrial School.
Mineral Well
Big Rapids, MI
In 1890 Alf Clark, who hoped to find oil at this site, found instead mineral water.
Negro Settlers
Mecosta, MI
In the 1860s Negroes from southern Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario settled this region as farmers and woodsmen.
Nisbett Block
Big Rapids, MI
Daniel F. Comstock (1831-1903), a lumberman and president of Mecosta County Savings Bank, began erecting his building in 1885 to house...
Old Mecosta County Jail
Big Rapids, MI
Big Rapids became the county seat in 1859 and incorporated as a city in 1869.
Paris Fish Hatchery
Green Township, MI
Opening in 1881, the Paris Fish Hatchery was the state’s second fish-rearing agency.
Russell Kirk
Mecosta, MI
Russell Kirk (1918-1994), a founder of the modern conservative movement in the United States, was born in Plymouth, Michigan.
Wheatland Church of Christ
Remus, MI
Wheatland Church of Christ, also known as the Cross Church, is the oldest Disciples of Christ church built mainly for and by blacks in...