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Pontiac gas works, 315.
"Pontiac Herald," 312.
Pontiac High School, 335, 336 (view).
Pontiac indebtedness, 310.
Pontiac's industries, 320.
"Pontiac Jacksonian," 312.
Pontiac Knitting Works, 320.
Pontiac Land Company, 29.
Pontiac Light Company, 314.
Pontiac Literary Society, 334.
Pontiac Lodge No. 21, A. F. & A. M., 364. Pontiac Lodge No. 19, K. of P., 368. Pontiac Medical Society, 256.
Pontiac mills, 321.
Pontiac Motor Cycle Company, 329.
Pontiac municipal government, 304.
Pontiac Oxford & Northern railroad, 238. 239.
Pontiac police department, 297.
Pontiac postoffice, 315, 316 (view).
Pontiac Power Company, 314.
"Pontiac Press-Gazette," 8, 261.
Pontiac public library, 264.
Pontiac Savings Bank, 244, 245.
Pontiac schools - Sarah McCarroll's sketch, 333; the old Pontiac Acad- emy, 334; first common schools, 334; public system organized, 334; the "Old Union," 335; high school building of 1871, 336; school superintendents and high school principals, 337; the new high school, 337; public system and list of schools, 337; Michigan Mili- tary Academy, 338. Pontiac sewerage system, 307.
Pontiac State Hospital, 316.
Pontiac State Hospital, main building (view). 317; chapel (view), 318.
Pontiac telephone systems. 304, 306, 308.
Pontiac township, 32, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207.
Pontiac ( village)-In 1821, 39; Colonel Mack's Company, 286 first Pontiac settlers, 287; settlers of 1822, 288; county seat and court house, 289; township organization, 289; the vil- lage of Auburn (Amy), 290; Pontiac village incorporated, 291; early trus- tee meetings, 291; real estate item, 292; the mill pond nuisance, 293; the fire of 1840, 293; carly bridges, 293; "common council," the governing body, 293; the village fire department, 294; gas works inaugurated, 294;
heads of the village government, 294. Pontiac water works, 300, 302, 306, 307. Pontiac's conspiracy, 20.
Pontiac's early business men, 325.
Pontiac's industries, 320. Poppleton, O., 22, 29, 30, 102, 374.
Population, 200.
Porter, Daniel L., 250, 253.
Porter, Moses, 96.
Portion of dormitory and power house and "Castle," Polish seminary, Or- chard lake (view), 480.
Portraits-Thomas L. Patterson, 126; Aaron Perry, 147; John H. Patterson, 153. Post, (Miss) V., 269.
Postal, George, 33, 405, 488.
Potter, Lemuel, 92.
Potter, Lydia B., 92, 196.
Potts, Henry A., 895.
Powell, Joseph C., 120, 690.
Powell, ( Mrs.) J. S., 266.
Powell, Sybil Maria, 690.
Powell, William H., 423.
Power, Arthur, 452, 453. 454, 455.
Power, D. H .. 245.
Power, Jared, 452.
Power, John, 452, 453.
Power, Nathan, 458.
Power, Samuel, 454.
Powers, Pliny, 254.
Power's settlement (Farmington), 455.
Prall, J. R., 263, 354.
Pratt, Caleb, 91.
Pratt, William A., 221.
Precipitation, IO.
Predmore, J. C., 247.
Predmore, John H., 783.
Press-Pontiac newspapers, 312; Holly newspapers, 397; Rochester news- papers, 412; Oxford newspapers,
425.
"Press Gazette," 312.
Price, Roy F., 709.
Price, William, 211, 212.
Prince. Fri, 385.
Probate courts, 114, 118, 119.
Probate judges, 119, 191. Prosecuting attorneys, 123.
Public lands. 215.
Purdy. Robert. 449.
Pythian Sisters, Pontiac, 368.
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Quakertown (Farmington), 452.
Quick, C. F., 438.
Richards, George R., 312.
Richardson, George B., 641.
Richardson, Hosea S., 406.
Richardson, Israel B., 97, 274, 275, 276.
Richardson, John P., 169.
Quill, James, 465.
Ramsey, C. E., 457.
Randall, C. L., 427.
Randall, C. L., & Company, 427.
Riker, John D., 257, 312.
Randall, Leon, 427.
Roads ( see transportation).
Ransford, Byron L., 124.
Robb, S. B .. 258.
Rapid Motor Vehicle Company, 329.
Raynale, C. M., 257.
Raynale, Ebenezer, 218, 219, 252, 491.
Raynale, George P., 258.
Raynor, John T., 123, 168.
Red Ribbon Club, Pontiac, 360.
Redway, Joel, 450.
Reed, William, 427. Reese, Joseph, 670. Reeves, George, 360.
Rochester, 200, 405-416 township). Rochester Baptist church, 412.
Rochester Chapter No. 317, R. A. M., 415.
"Rochester Clarion," 412.
Rochester Congregational church, 412. Rochester Creamery Company, 409.
"Rochester Era," 24, 412.
Rochester industries, 408.
Rochester Lodge No. 68, I. O. O. F., 416. Rochester Rebekah Lodge No. 390, 416.
Rochester Savings Bank, 246.
Rochester societies, 414.
Rochester water works, 4II.
Rochester Woolen Mills, 408.
Rockwell, Charles L., 333.
Rockwell, Edward J., 902.
Rockwell, James H., 615.
Rockwell, Kleber P., 120, 123, 140, 903.
Rodger, James S., 451.
Rogers, J. Sumner, 338.
Rood, Elonzo R., 390.
Rose Center. 476. Kose township-Mention, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; physical features, 476.
Roseland Park Cemetery, 439. Ross, A. L., 516. Rossman, Fite, 418, 419.
Rossman. John, 418, 419.
Round Table Club of Pontiac, 267.
Rouge river, 371, 478, 487.
Royal Oak Baptist church. 435.
Royal Oak Catholic church, 437. Royal Oak Congregational church, 436.
"Royal Oak Experiment," 432.
Royal Oak German Evangelical church, 437. Royal Oak Lodge No. 424, I. O. O. F., 438.
Royal Oak Masonic Temple Associa- tion, 438.
Royal Oak M. E. church, 435. Royal Oak O. E. S., 438.
(see Avon
Reeves, Stephen, 120, 191, 212, 856. Registers of deeds, 196.
Reid, Wilson, 489.
Religious history-Pontiac church, 340; Holly churches, 398; Rochester churches, 412; Oxford churches, 422; Royal Oak churches, 435; Orion churches, 444; Milford churches, 447; Farmington churches, 459.
Reservoir under construction, Roches- ter (view), 410.
Revolutionary graves marked, 96.
Revolutionary soldiers and "daughters" -County's first settler, a Revolution- ary soldier, 72; the Graham family, 73; Nathaniel Baldwin, 74; George Horton, 74; Stephen Mack, 75; Col- onel Mack's family, 76; Joseph Todd and party, 77; Ithamar Smith, 78; William Nathan Terry, 79; Joshua Chamberlin and Enoch Hotchkiss, 80; Elijah Drake, 80; Ezra Parker, 83; Jeremiah Clarke, 84; Benjamin Grace, 85; Caleb Barker Merrell, 86; L'evi Green, 86; Joel Phelps, 87; Elias Cady, 87; Samuel Niles, 88; Silas Sprague, 88; Esbon Gregory, 89; Zadock Wellman, 89; Caleb Carr, 89; Hooper Bishop, 90; Derrick Hulick, 91 ; Caleb Pratt, 91; Solomon Jones, 91; Lydia Barnes. Potter, 92; James Harrington, 93; Jacob Petty, 93; John Blanchard, 93; Altramont Donaldson, 93; Joseph Van Netter, 93; Benj. Bulson, 94; Nathan Landon, 94; Gen- eral Richardson Chapter, D. A. R., 95; the Revolutionary graves marked, 96; tribute to General Richardson, 97; Membership of the Daughters, 97. Rewold. Henry, 409. Reynolds, Asa, 786. Rhodes. John, 494. Rice, Judson E., 692. Rice, Paul, 443.
Rice, Zeba, 373. Richards. Daniel, 450.
Richardson, Origen D., 123, 128, 164, 221, 291, 292. Richardson, Peter, 479.
Robert, Philip R., 533.
Roberts, H. S .. 275.
Roberts, Ira, 33.
Roberts, William, 34.
Robertson, G., 212.
Robertson, William, 326.
Robinson, John C., 275.
Riggs, Jeremiah, 218.
Quick, C. P., 393. Quick, Charles F., 393, 432. Quick, John, 393.
Quick, William, 393.
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Roval Oak Savings Bank, 247. Royal Oak township-Mention, 35, 38, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; origin of the name, 428; Governor Cass "sees for himself," 428; settlers of 1822-1826, 429; organized, 430; Royal Oak village, 430; business houses, 431; corporation record, 432; Royal Oak schools, 434; Royal Oak churches, 435; Royal Oak societies, 438; Urban Rest and Ferndale, 439; Roseland Park cemetery, 439. Royal Oak societies, 438. Royal Oak (tree), 38, 428.
"Royal Oak Tribune," 432.
Royal Oak village, 201, 202, 430-438 (see Royal Oak township). Royal Order of Moose, Pontiac, 370. Ruggles, Elizur, 445.
Ruggles, Isaac W., 412.
Ruggles, J. W., 444.
Ruggles, Stanley, 445.
Rundell, Julius F., 383.
Rundell, Leroy J., 700.
Runyon, John, 389.
Rush, Daniel, 452.
Russell. William, 30, 31, 403. Ryan, T. J., 355.
Safford, James, 337. St. Fredericks Parochial school, 356.
St. John. W. I., 437. St. Trinitatis Lutheran church, 358.
St. Vincent de Paul's church, 355.
Salems Evangelical church, Farmington, 459. Saloon licenses, 310. Salyer, C. A., 385. Sanford, Miles. 344. Sanford, Josephine B., 97.
Sapp, Resin, 341, 344.
Sashabaw creek, 467.
Sashabaw plains, 466. Satterlee, Samuel, 123, 216. Sawyer, Edward, 144. Sawyer, Joseph, E., 124, 140, 142, 367.
Sayles, Lyman A., 258, 586. Scene on the Rouge river (view), 492. Scenes along Paint creek (views), 442. Schermerhorn, Rufus. 850.
Schluchter, J. H., 426. Schofield, S .. 451.
Schulz. A. P., 257.
Scott, John. 432. Second Michigan Infantry, 275. Second National Bank, Pontiac, 244.
Seed. Charles S., 412. Seeley, Harvey, 211, 212. Seeley, Jesse, 494. Seeley, O. C., 337. Seeley, Thaddeus D., 309, 905. Sellman. Thomas, 449. Serrell, Harry J., 789. Serrell, Samuel J., 780. Sevener, Edward, 539. Seventh Michigan infantry, 278. Seymour, John B., 464.
Shackleton, John H., 454. Shain, Charles J., 616.
Sharpe, A. X. M., 369.
Shattuck, Charles I., 843.
Shattuck, Mary D., 342.
Shattuck, Maud G., 97. Shaw, George N., 406. Shaw, James, 344. Shaw, N. T., 257.
Shear, Bruce C., 581.
Sheldon, T. C., 33.
Shepard, A. H., 246.
Sheriffs, 196.
Sherman, G. D., 451. Sherman, Maria, 421.
Sherwood, Samuel, 315.
Shiawassee river, 388.
Shier, W. H., 275, 344.
Shippy, John, 405.
Shore, James, 341.
Short, Marion, 472.
Showerman, George, 473.
Sibley, Harry, 256, 257.
Sibley, J. L., 360. Sibley, Solomon, 33, 122, 159, 190, 286, 287. Simmons. Charles, 823.
Simmons, William I., 897.
Simonson, James B., 247, 431.
Simonson, John B., 431.
Simpson, Thomas, 312.
Sixteenth Michigan Infantry, 280.
Skidmore, Austin, 551.
Slade, Ira, 383.
Slater Construction Company, 331.
Slocum. Fred, 397.
Sly, Addie, 894.
Sly, George W., 893.
Sly, Jane C., 893.
Sly, Joshua, 403.
Smith, Aaron, 290. Smith, Ada L., 97.
Smith, Ainsley, 257.
Smith, Albert B., 625.
Smith, David. 452, 453. Smith, Asaph C., 483.
Smith, Ebenezer, 290, 363.
Smith, Edward R., 383.
Smith, Ella L., 97.
Smith, Fred A., 338, 572.
Smith, Fred, 39.3.
Smith, George W., 114, 123, 124, 140, 145, 180, 202, 204. Smith, Harrison, 393.
Smith, Howard, 393.
Smith, I. L., 290.
Smith, Ira. 488. Smith, Ithamar. 78. 96.
Smith, Jacob H., 627.
Smith, Tohn. 274.
Smith, Joseph, 77.
Smith, Laban, 479.
Smith, Lydia. 380.
Smith, Mortimer, 323.
Smith, Moses, 393.
Smith, Nelson P., 580.
Smith, Oliver B., 460.
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Smith, Samuel W., 123, 140, 901. Smith, ( Mrs.) Samuel W., 261.
Smith, ( Mrs. ) S. W., 263.
Smith, Sylvester, 290. Smith, Thaddeus A., 312.
Smith, Walter H., 424.
Smith, (Mrs.) W. R., 393. Smith, W. O., 426.
Snook, John J., 737. Snow, William T., 343. Snowdon, Harry H., 140, 229.
Snyder, C. W., 258.
Snyder, Oscar J., 638.
Soldier's monument, Birmingham, 384.
Soldiers' Relief law, 274.
Soil, 10. Soper, Spencer, 859.
South Lyon, 450-452 (see Lyon town- ship). South Lyon Free Methodist church, 451. "South Lyon Herald," 451.
South Lyon M. E. church, 451.
South Lyon village, 201, 202.
South Lyon Presbyterian church, 45. Southfield Centre, 492.
Southfield township, 36, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207, 491.
Southworth, Constant, 34.
Sparhawk, Arthur G., 312.
Spear, Archibald. 294.
Spencer, B. C. H., 258, 508.
Sprague, Eliphalet, 449.
Sprague, Frederick A., 33.
Sprague, Roger, 192. 193, 216, 221, 406. Sprague, Silas, 88, 96.
Spring, J. F., 360. Spring Mills, 473.
Springfield township-Mention 34, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; organized, 471 ; Springfield and Anderson settle- ments, 471 ; Davisburg, 472.
Spooner, E. D., 68, 212.
Stanley. Luther, 383.
Stannard, David, 32, 119, 191, 237, 303, 47I. Stanton, Henry L., 330.
Stanton, Lottie M., 367.
Starke, Lena B., 531.
Starke, Philip H., 531.
Starker, C. T., 257.
Starker, James B., 400.
Starkey, Albert 858. State banks, 244.
State constitutions, 216.
State representatives (alphabetically ar- ranged), 222.
State Sanitary Commission, 274. State Savings Bank of South Lyon, 248.
State senators (alphabetically arranged), 222. State University, 228. Stead, Benjamin, 190. Steel, Edward, 454. Steel, Harman, 454. Steel & Mason, 455. Stephens, Augustus C., 237.
Stephens, Henry, 429, 435, 436. Stephens, J. T. M., 398. Stephens, Sherman, 436.
Stevens, Hester L., 123, 138, 176.
Stevens, Sherman, 237.
Stevens, William S., 243. Stevenson, Henry C., 584.
Steward, ( Mrs. ) F. S., 265.
Stewart, Clara P., 109. Stewart, David, 272
Stickney, William B., 123.
Stickney, William W., 179, 180.
Stiles brothers, 472.
Stillson, James, 443. Stockton, John, 283. Stockton, T. B. W., 280.
Stockwell, Joseph S., 120, 212, 359, 717.
Stockwell, ( Mrs.) J. S., 261, 263. Stockwell, Ross, 140.
Stone, John, 423.
Stony creek, 461.
Stony creek village, 404.
Storz, Louis, 809.
Stout, Byron G., 221, 245, 265, 337.
Stout, ( Mrs.) Byron, 261, 265, 266.
Stowell, Hattie M., 97.
Strain, Charles S., 258.
Stratton, Jonathan F., 473.
Stuart, Charles L., 853.
Stumpf, C. Martin, 896.
ยท Stumpf, Jacob, 770. Subordinate Lodge No. 1I, K. L. G., 400. Subordinate Lodge No. 972, I. O. O. F., 399.
Summer resort features, 5.
Supervisors' picnics, 100.
Supreme court, III, 112, 113, 114, 124.
Surveyor general's report, 27.
Surveys, 30.
Sutherland, C. J., 257.
Sutherland, Nina, 422.
Sutherland, William C., 759.
Swan, Ziba, 123, 362, 372.
Swan, Ziba, Jr., 212.
Swartout, F. L., 436. Swartz creek, 388.
Sweet, M. E., 353.
Sylvan lake, 2, 3.
Symmes, John C., IIO.
Taft, A. S., 424.
Taft, Levi B., 123, 137, 180.
Tafft, Pitts, 483. Taggett, A. C., 474.
Taylor, C. V., 328. Taylor (C. V.) Carriage Company, 328.
Taylor, Daniel B., 415.
Taylor, De Witt H., 439.
Taylor, Edson, 559. Taylor, Elisha, 405.
Taylor, Firmin T., 839.
Taylor, George H., 626. Taylor, Hudson A., 845.
Taylor, H. J., 246. Taylor, John R., 882. Taylor, Joshua, 415.
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Taylor, Joshua B., 218. Taylor, J. S. D., 337. Taylor, Lemuel, 405.
Taylor, Thomas M., 281. Taxable property (1825), 192. Taxes, 198, 192, 193.
Tecumseh, 271. Tedman, Mariette, 462. Temperature, II.
Ten Eyck, Harry, 109.
Ten Eyck, H. S., 507. Ten Eyck, Junius, 120, 123, 124, 181. Tenny, Jesse, 505.
Tenny, Rufus, 505. "Ten shillings act," 32. Tenth Michigan Cavalry, 283. Tenth Michigan Infantry, 278.
Terry, Caleb, 212.
Terry, Charles H., 890. Terry, Frank B., 854.
Terry, Henry D., 277.
Terry, Joshua. 479. Terry, Josiah P., 857.
Terry, Ira K., 212.
Terry, William N., 79, 96.
Thatcher, Erastus, 312.
Thayer, John, 449. Third Michigan Infantry, 277. Thirtieth Michigan Infantry, 282.
Thomas, 4, 20, 464. 465.
Thomas, Calvin, 179.
Thomas, John. 420, 492.
Thomas, Stephen, 179.
Thomas, William, 394.
Thompson, Otis C., 418.
Thompson, Robert R., 452.
Thompson, Thaddeus, 250, 253.
Thompson, William, 29, 33, 117, 118, 119, 162, 190, 191. 250, 251, 253, 286, 402, 406, 450, 452. . Thompson, William M., 295.
Thompson, W. M., 312.
(South Lyon),
Thompson's Corners 450.
Thornhill, Eva I., 570. Thorpe, Joseph H., 653.
Thorpe, Mabel, 97. Thorpe, Matilda, 653.
Thurber. David D., 312.
Thurber, Horace C., 212, 295.
Thurber, H. C., 294.
Thurber, William, 117. Thurston, Frank, 607. Thurston, George P., 194, 463, 464.
Thurber, William, 31. Tibbets, George, 453.
Tienken, John, 637. Tillson, C. C., 140. Tillson. J. Arthur, 140, 309. Tillson, Philo, 253. Tindall, Joseph, 423.
Tinsman. E. H .. 328. Todd, Charles A., 610.
Todd, Joseph. 29. 77, 96, 287. Todd, Mary P., 97.
Toledo war, 272. Tower, Cornelius L .. 526.
Town, Charles H., 282. Townsend, Harvey, 763. Townships, 31, 190, 192, 195, 289. Toynton, Charlotte N., 801. Toynton, John R., 800. Traphagan, Abram, 393. Traphagan, W., 393.
Transportation-Mention 6, 7; First Oakland county highway, 234; other roads established, 235; improvement of the Clinton river, 236; first Michi- gan railway chartered, 237; Detroit & Pontiac Railroad Company, 237; finally completed to Birmingham, 238; Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Com- pany, 238; establishment of present systems, 238; Grand Trunk system, '239; the Michigan Central, 240; De- troit United Railway, 240.
Traver, R. M., 349. Treadway, Alfred, 169, 243, 295, 315.
Treat, Loren L., 181. Tripp, Arthur R., 123, 124, 140, 152. Trowbridge, G. M., 102. Trowbridge, L. G .. 283. Trowbridge, Rowland E., 487. Trowbridge, Stephen V. R., 193, 216, 221, 487.
Troy Corners, 488. Troy United Presbyterian church, 489. Troy township-Mention, 35, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; the Trowbridge family, 487; Johnson Niles and Troy, 487; Big Beaver and Clawson, 488; United Presbyterian church of Troy, 489. Truesdell, Z., 337. Trvon, Geneva, 257.
Tubbs, Peter. 423. Tucker, W. T., 257. Turner, (Mrs.) C. B., 266.
Turner, C. B., 342.
Turner, Josiah, 180. "Two dollar" act, 31.
Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry, 281. Twenty-second Michigan Infantry, 280. Typical old grist mills (views), 446.
Uloth, M. J., 258. Union schools-Pontiac, 335; Holly, 394; Royal Oak (view), 434. University fund, 228. Urban Rest, 439. Utley, Sanford M., 453.
Van Atta, Roy S., 525. Van Biskirk, Kate C., 97. Van de Venter, Eugene, 273.
Van Every, Peter, 374.
Van Every mill, 374.
Van Gordon, John, 889.
Van Leuven, Fanny, 448.
Van Ness, E. C., 359. Van Netter, Joseph, 93. Van Sickle, Joseph, 466. Van Sickle, J. R., 258.
Tryon, Myron M., 585.
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Van Valkenburg, Jacob, 181, 218. Vegetation, II.
Views-At Lake Orion, 4; Neeley's flats near Rochester, 16; Apple Island, Or- chard lake, 22; Oakland county court house, 203; court house of 1857-8, 205; county jail, 208; first car into Rochester, 241; Pontiac City Hos- pital, 262; Buckland Memorial Chapel, 314; the new Pontiac postoffice, 316; main building Pontiac State hospital, 317; Chapel, Pontiac State hospital, 318; old Hodges house, 326; old high school (1871), 336; Woodward ave- nue, Birmingham, 382; high school, Birmingham, 382; Main street, Holly, 396; Avon township hall, 402; Main street, Rochester, 407; water works wells, Rochester, 410; reservoir un- der construction, Rochester, 410; on the shores of Stony lake, 421; Ox- ford Union school, 422; Union school, Royal Oak, 434; scenes along Paint creek, 442; typical old grist mills, 446; on the Shiawassee river, 477; on the shores of Pine lake, 478; front of Academic building, portion of dormi- tory and power house and "Castle," Polish seminary, Orchard lake, 480; scene on the Rouge river, 492.
Vincent, John, 445.
Voorheis, Carl S., 684.
Voorheis, Isaac L., 212.
Voorheis, Jacob N., 193.
Voorheis, James K., 713.
Vowles, Frank J., 208, 583.
Vowles, Joseph, 447.
Vulcan Gear Works, 330.
Wade, D. W. C., 256.
Waite Brothers, 628.
Waite, Elwin L., 628.
Waite, L. Edwin, 628.
Wakefield, Daniel B., 216.
Wakelin. Thomas, 398.
Wakeman, C. E., & Company, 32I.
Walch, James A., 341.
Waldo, A. P., 398.
Waldo, C. E., 245.
Waldron, Henry, 10I. Walker, Amos, 255.
Walker, Fred I., 414.
Walker, Solomon, 453.
Wallace, M. H., 355.
Walled lake, 2, 3.
Walled lake village, 470.
Walrod, Abram, 469.
Walter, Mark, 312, 367.
Walters, (Mrs.) F. J., 261, 268.
Wampler, Joseph, 30, 31, 40.
Wandle, J. A., 195.
Ward, David, 3, 824.
Ward, Elizabeth B., 501.
Ward, Henry C., 497.
Ward, Willis C., 824.
War of the Rebellion, 274. War of 1812, 271.
Warner, Fred M., 214, 221, 457, 812. Warner, P. Dean, 218, 221, 454, 457, 810. Warner, Seth A. L .. 129, 165, 454. Warner's Exchange Bank, 246.
Warren, Henry M., 95.
Waterford mills, 324.
Waterford township-Mention, 35, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; its lakes, 484; coming of the Williams' families, 484; Waterford of today, 486; Dray- ton plains, 486; old Clintonville, 486. Water works wells, Rochester (view), 410. Waters, Sarah W., 109. Water-shed, 9.
Watson, Joseph, 31.
Watson, Samuel G., 172.
Wattles, John M., 179.
Weatherson, Charles, 472.
Webb, Alfred, 301, 303, 860.
Webb, Ezekiel, 453, 454.
Webb, Harriet, 860.
Webster, Aaron, 290, 362.
Webster, Burt M., 869.
Webster, Charles P., 140.
Webster. Elmer R., 140, 152, 229, 333, 337. Webster, James, 218.
Weed, Leonard, 362, 363, 364.
Weeks, James A., 101, 212, 291, 295, 327. Weeks, Smith, 33, 118, 119, 191.
Weelman, Joel, 32.
Weir, W. I., 416.
Weisbrod, S. L., 258.
Welcome Rebekah Lodge No. 246, I. O. O. F., 368.
Wellman, Zadock, 89.
Wells Cultivator Company, 447.
Wendell, John A., 473, 477.
Wendell, Matthew, 669.
Wendorph, J. A., 439.
We-se-gah, 25.
Wesson, Suel, 292, 294.
West Bloomfield township-Mention, 34, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207; lakes, 478; earliest pioneers, 478; sale of In- dian reservations, 479; first postof- fice, 479; Orchard Lake postoffice, 479; the Polish seminary, 481.
West Highland, 473.
West Side Reading Club, 267.
Western Knitting Mills, 408.
Wetmore, John, 35, 36, 440.
Wheaton, F. W., 4II.
Wheeler, Harris A., 338.
Wheeler, Morris, 473.
Whipple, Charles W., 121, 123.
White, George, 392. White, Jonathan R., 179.
White, Phineas, 179. White, Samuel, 212, 218.
Whitehead, Almeron, 212, 244, 383.
Whitehead, Richard, 275.
White Lake postoffice, 494.
White Lake township, 33, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 207, 493.
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Whitesell, R. J., 367. Whitfield, Thomas, 486. Whiting, John L., 190.
Whitney, A. G., 190. Whitney, G. H., 385.
Whitney, Wilson, 413.
Whittemore, Gideon O., 119, 123, 164, 191, 218, 221, 243, 272, 292, 293. Whittemore, J., 334. Wicart, L. J., 355.
Wickens, Fred A., 702.
Wieland, Frederic, 123, 140, 743.
"Wildcat" banks, 243.
Wiggins, George, 465. Wilber, Clinton W., 519.
Wilcox, Charlotte E., 603.
Wilcox, Edwin T., 24.
Wilcox, Mortimer, 603.
Wilkins, Ross, 122.
Willetts, Elijah, 43, 373, 374.
Willetts, Isaac, 33.
Williams, Alfred, 237.
Williams, Alpheus, 30, 35, 466. Williams, Ephraim, 31.
Williams, Ferdinand, 721.
Williams, Frederic A., 124.
Williams, Gardner D., 194.
Williams, George H., 486.
Williams, George P., 228, 333.
Williams, Harvey, 287.
Williams, Oliver, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 55, 362, 484.
Willits, Elijah, 117. Willits, William, 506. Willoughby, George, 781.
Wilson, A. C., 448.
Wilson, Albert W., 433, 683.
Wilson, Almon C., 736.
Wilson, Charles A., 247.
Wilson, ( Mrs.) E. H., 261, 267.
Wilson, Jesse E., 258, 274, 406.
Wilson, Levi, 449, 451.
Wilson, Oscar D., 890.
Wilson, Samuel, 419.
Wilson, Thomas W .. 328.
Wilson, William, 255.
Wilson school, 338.
Willson, Albert, 438, 683.
Windiate, Daniel, 324, 486. Windiate park, 5.
Wing, Austin E., 31, 33, 190, 405, 429. Winn, Anna, 472.
Winter, George, 398.
Wisner, Mrs. Ada McConnell, 97.
Wisner, George W., 123, 131, 17I.
Wisner, Moses, 39, 132, 173, 181, 221, 274, 281. Wisner, Oscar F., 123. Wisner school, 338. Witherell, James, 120, 122. Wixom, 470.
Wixom, Alijah, 470. Wixom, Robert, 453, 457. Wixom, Willard C., 470. Wixson, Isaac, 216.
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Pontiac, 268. Wolcott, Chauncey D., 460. Wolfe, William J., 799.
Wolverine Sand & Gravel Company, 427. Women's Literary Club of Birming- ham, 269. Women's Literary Club of Pontiac, 266.
Women's influence in the county-What women have done for Oakland county, 259; women's work in Pon- tiac, 261; the Pontiac City Hospital, 261 ; Pontiac Public Library, 264; the Women's Literary Club, 266; the Round Table Club, 267; the West Side Reading Circle, 267; Women's Christian Temperance Union, 268; Birmingham Public Library, 268; Birmingham Literary Club, 269;
Greenwood Cemetery Association, Birmingham, 269; Ladies' Library Association, 270.
Woodbridge, William, 122, 159, 189, 235.
Woodward avenue, Birmingham (view), 382.
Woodhull, C. H., 212.
Woodman, Elias S., 218.
Woodward, Augustus B., III.
Woodward, Lysander, 220.
Woodworth, Benjamin, 30, 31, 403.
Wooster, Benjamin, 488.
Wormer, G. S., 282.
Wright, David A., 493.
Wright, Reuben, 469.
Wyckoff, Cornelius G., 494.
Wyckoff, Herman A., 315.
Wyckoff, Thomas, 665.
Yankey, W. H., 409.
Yellow mill, 324.
Yerkes, Robert C., 322.
Yerkes, William, 212, 483.
Yerkes, William G., 322.
York, Samuel, 243. Young, Joseph, 604. Young, Marcus, 394. Young Men's Christian Pontiac, 359. Association,
Young, Mrs. Welcome, 267. Young, William, 390.
Zahn, Herman H., 894. Zimmerman, Henry M., 140, 221, 589. Zion church, Pontiac, 357.
History of Oakland County
CHAPTER I
THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
WONDERFUL COUNTRY OF LAKES-CASS AND ORCHARD-REMARKABLE NATURAL PHENOMENON-THE LAKE ORION REGION-SUMMER RE- SORT FEATURES-TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES-AS A FARMING AND LIVE STOCK REGION-FEATURES OF THE TRANSFORMATION.
The natural features of Oakland county seemed to predestine its ma- terial development of the past twenty years or more. Its four hundred and fifty lakes, many of which are thus called only by a generous stretch of the imagination, are thickly sprinkled over its gently rolling surface, while pretty islands stud these little gems of water. As there is a lake to each two square miles of land it is evident that these charming bodies of water had to be reckoned with in the future of the country.
In the early times those who settled in the county had to live, had to eat and be clothed, and they therefore did what pioneers have always done; they turned to the soil, and raised crops and live stock. But as the country developed and became known to outsiders, its attractions as a resort for those seeking rest and recreation, its advantages for those who wished permanent homes with beautiful and comfortable surroundings, became so apparent that there was more and more an insistent demand for land, especially in the vicinity of the lakes-which obviously meant that such demand not only became insistent but widespread. Before de- scribing in detail this comparatively lake transformation of Oakland county from an agricultural community to a country of summer and permanent homes, we shall turn in our tracks and note the main features supplied by nature in the bringing about of this change.
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