Oceana County Pioneers and Business Men of To-Day; Oceana County, Michigan USA

1890. Early days in Oceana County, MI, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data this new 214-page spiral-bound book titled: Oceana County, Michigan, USA This is a reprint of Oceana County Pioneers and Business Men of To-Day, written by L.M. Hartwick and W.H. Tuller and published at Pentwater, MI, in 1890. The tri-color cover is printed on 80# card stock and protected with a vinyl sheet. The book, printed on 60# opaque paper, has 214 pages. However, because we use a 2-up format on 11" x 8.5" paper, it contains over 400 pages of the original book. Among the subjects included are: Various conjections as to why the county was named Oceana; Early history; Boundaries established; a list of settlers prior to 1855; Local Government and Society; History of the county in the pre-Civil War era; Enlistment of Indian braves in the Civil War; Trials, elections, newspapers, schools, churches, pigeons, a women's crusade, businesses, L.D. Eaton, Judge Giddings, Judge Littlejohn, the Wreck of the Lamont, the Alonzo Irons mystery including a letter from Allen Pinkerton, a short-lived dog tax, and numerous other items, events and bits of history and trivia too numerous to mention. There is a separate page Called "Gazetteer of the Village of Pentwater" listing businesses. A chapter on municipalities concerns Pentwater, Shelby, Hart, Claybanks, Weare, Benona, Golden, Elbridge, Leavitt, Walkerville, Newfield, Hesperia, Perry, Crystal, Greenwood, Grant, Otto, and Colfax. A Chapter on secret and social organizations has numerous names and sketches of men. The chapter titled Representative and Judicial also has many men mentioned, some with bios and/or drawings. In addition to the many names mentioned throughout the booklet, there are a number of biographies (often with drawings) in the final section, called "Pictorial Gallery of Pioneers and Business Men of Today". These include: Mrs. Olive Byrne, Dr. Thomas Phillips, Alex. S. Anderson, Andrew Brady, Harvey Tower, Mrs. Laura L. Tower, Mrs. L.D. Eaton, Richard E. Cater, Adam Huston, Orin E. Huston, William J. Haughey, Maria O'Hanlon, John Munson, E.T. Mugford, Charles Blanck, William A. Olinder, Hiram E. Russell, Isaac Haggerty, Dr. Ira Jenks, John D. Hanson, Mrs. Betsey Hanson, J.D.S. Hanson, Mrs. John D.S. Hanson, Amos C. Randall, Edgar D. Richmond, Christian Miller Jensen, Oliver K. White, Jason Carpenter, Mrs. J. Carpenter, Josiah Russell, Frederick J. Russell, Mrs. Caroline Wigton, David Dill, William Myron Gardiner, Frederick W. Popkey, Andrew J. Underhill, Thomas Collister, Moses D. Girard, Edwin L. Benton, Jane E. Rouse, William Webb, Charles Dumaw, Asa M. Pringle, John Leak, Hervey S. Sayles, William N. Sayles, Andrew Jackson, George C. Myers, Ahaz A. Darling, John Bamford, Stephen Spellman, A.P. Peterson, Abraham H. Bearss, Charles P. Rathbone, Benjamin S. Garver, Hiram Barron, Walter H. Churchill, Calvin A. Woodworth, J.W. Runner, John M. Runner, Myron A. Gilbert, Henry Abson, Jesse Bearss, William A. Rounds, Charles Serfling, Jacob Williamson, William McMillan, Sidney S. Branch, Daniel W. Crosby, Frederik Nielsen, Charles M. Underhill, Jonathan H. Critchett, Harvey J. Chadwick, William Vaughan, Charles R. Wittington, Edward B. Flagg, Edwin Nickerson, John M. Cahill, Henry J. Marsh, T.S. Gurney, A.L. Carr, William Cooper, Edward B. Gaylord, Joel D. Linsday, James E. Philo, Frank O. Gardner, John B. Gebhart, Jeptha Wright, Samuel E. Lewis, Mrs. William Tuttle, Mrs. Thomas Collister, John W. Robinson, Caleb B. Davis, John R. Butler, William F. Lewis, William Hiles, Archie R. McKinnon, Clark A. Noble, W.D. Ackerson, DeWitt C. Benjamin, John Westbrook, Joseph Tyler, Charles W. Fisher, James H. Slater, Martin Baker, Edwin D. Peck, Edward P. Gregory, Charles Lamont, Fayette Walker, Ralph F. Ames, Jacob Fisher, George W. Imus, Edward A. Wright, Henry Hurley, John H. Moore, Thomas Kelly, William E. Ambler, Mark A. Rice, Orin Wiswell, Joseph Schaner, Christian Andreas, Ransom Sabin, Franklin M. Meyers, Benjamin F. Archer, Mrs. Eunice J. Archer, James A. Weyant, Charles R. Johnson, Clark B. Genung, Martin S. Perkins, L.E. Johnson, William J. Tennant, Ezekiel J. Shirts, Albert S. Avery, Lewis L. Taylor, Theodore P. Landon, Samuel D. Foster, Ebenezer B. Clark, DeWitt C. Wickham, Peter Hansen, Louis M. Hartwick, George Wyckoff, George W. Woodward, Josiah Cleveland, Timothy T. Jones, Egbert N. Briggs, Thomas Morin, John H. Bouton, Francis W. Fincher, Charles A. Hawley, Albert Z. Moore, Marcys Harrison Brooks, Theodore G. Houk, George R. Bate, John A. Collier, John F. Widge, William Woodland, William H. Dunn, Eliab S. Houghtaling, George E. Dewey, Charles E. McClure, Daniel E. McClure, William H. Tuller, Thomas H. Baker, Willie H. Shirts, William H. Barry, William P. Sackrider, Edgar H. Hotchkiss, Otto W. Marsh, Azwell E. Bergess, A.C. Burgess, Cornelius W. Cramer, Alfred E. Souter, Frank W. Newman, Benjamin Moore, William F. Hillyard, Richard E. Southwick, William Elmer Thorp, Raymond Ross, Melvin O. Fisher, John V. Cahill, Richard V. Wanmer, William Henry Cornell, John M. Heim, Charles F. Lewis, George B. Getty, Henry Sage, Horace J. Holmes, Edward F. Coon, Frank W. Wilson, F.W. Wilson, John F. Cumming, George H. Eddy, Charles E. Converse, Charles A. Gurney, Daniel H. Rankin, Oacar H. Dean, Charles W. Jay, Daniel S. Rankin, Frank E. Reamer, Ira A. Richmond, F.L. Peck, Dennis Hinchin, Mrs. Clarina F. Coon, Henry Harter, Henry l. Hodges, Marion L. Ferris, Henry J. Servix, Henry W. Harpster, Leland C. Brewster, Charles E. Abraham, Frank E. Young, William E. Merrill, Edward B. Cutler, Cyrus B. Stevens, Marion Frank Hyde, David J. Hill, W.H. Fleming, Alexander Paton, George O. Switzer, Orson F. Wickham, Benjamin F. Stone, Benjamin G. Krapp, Franklin A. Scott, Otto Grant, Charles H. Tullar, George Rhodes, William M. Hartwick, Dustin C. Oakes, Edmund B. Randall, John A. Harrison, A.L. Thomas, O.W. Stone, John W. Baker, George Henry Cleveland, Fred Smith, Joseph Lee, John A. Tillotson, Robert L. Bunting, William B. Matthews, Lorenzo Briggs Mitchell, and Amos Dresser Jr. The book concludes with a list of county officers 1855 -1888, Vital Statistics, and a general index, and an index of portraits and sketches. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 11" x 8.5". Private Press.