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NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP
Organized in 1866
Taking the north half of Greenwood territory the Township of Newfield was organized as an independent township in 1866 under its present name. The Village of Hesperia is partly in Oceana and Newaygo County, the portion in Oceana County is Newfield Township. The main street of Hesperia is the countyline.
As White River flows through the township millions of feet of logs from up stream, as well as those cut in Newfield Township, were floated down the river to the mills in Whitehall and Montague in the 1870's, 80's and 90's. There were also three or four old time logging camps within the township.
The North Branch had its source from McLaren Lake and runs through the township. In the 1870's into the 1890's pine, and later hardwood, logs were cut and hauled onto the ice at McLaren Lake. When the ice melted in the spring, the logs were floated down the North Branch through Ferry into White River and then on down to Whitehall and Montague. In order to move all of these logs it was necessary to build dams across the Branch. In Newfield Township, four were built and operated by the White River Boom Company. The first was the Heisel Dam, about a mile down from McLaren Lake and a mile further was the Bennett Marsh Dam. Another mile and a half down was the Mossback, and one half mile further was Peck's Dam and Peck's Pond. Peck's Pond was used as a holding place for logs. At the present time very few logs and timbers remain of these structures.
The Newfield Town Hall is located in the Village of Hesperia. It was built as a Methodist Church in the early 1870's. The township bought it and it was moved to its present location in 1900.
The township has 15 lakes and portions of two more and also 3 trout streams.
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FERRY TOWNSHIP Organized in 1868
According to the Oceana County History published in 1890, Oceana County was first divided into larger sections and what later became Ferry Township was in the southeast part which included Otto, Claybanks, etc. Eventually Ferry and Otto were together, and were separated finally in 1860.
The first settlers were Elnathan and Theodore Reed. When they wanted to establish a Post Office, it was found that there was already a Reed Post Office, so they named it Ferry, in honor of Senator Ferry.
Senator Ferry had the distinction of being President of the United States for 24 hours. Thomas White Ferry was chosen president of the Senate, when Vice-president, Henry Wilson died. Ferry became acting Vice-president from 1875 until 1877. Ruther- ford B. Hayes should have been inaugurated as President on Sunday, March 4, 1877. It was feared that his opponent Tilden would challenge the inauguration as illegal, so it was postponed until Monday. Thus Ferry automatically became President.
The first Reed buildings were located on the northwest corner where M-20 crosses 132nd Avenue. On the southeast corner was a log school house. The men of this area signed up there for the Civil War. The Reeds donated the land where Ferry Village is built.
In 1869, an election was held to form the new township. The first Supervisor was B.F. Reed, the first Clerk, Timothy Smith, and the first Treasurer John F. Evans. The first marriage was Amos Putney and Miss Maria Evans.
There are two centennial farms in the township. The Putney farm where Arthur Putney now lives, and the E. D. Smith farm owned by grandson Milton Smith.
In the village, in its lumbering hey-day, there were three hotels, three stores, a drugstore, grist mill, meat market, hardware, barber shop. The following is a list of owners and operators:
Ben F. Archer - hardware and Post Office Charles B. Arthur - tinshop Frank Carpenter - wagonmaker O.L. Cedarquist - shoemaker
W. E. Gunn - blacksmith
Fox Bros. - livery and stage to Shelby Ora Hightower - groceries Mrs. P.A. Jackson - barber
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John M. Heim - Eagle Hotel and Heims Dr. L. Irish and Co. - drugstore
store and hall Nathan Irish - Ferry House Hotel and meat market
I.M. Young and Co. - groceries and dry goods
Before the school house was built in the pine grove, George Powers mother taught school in the upstairs of the machine shop.
The Reeds built the first mill down on the north Branch of White River at Ferry.
In its earlier days, Ferry celebrated July 4th with competitive games, dinners, and usually a sham battle. Lots of fire crackers and other explosive things.
The lumbering around Ferry is also historically significant.
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP Organized in 1862
The township of Shelby was divided from Stony Creek, one of the original three townships in the county in February 1862 and named Benona. (What is now Benona was called Leroy) . By an Act of the Legislature, the name of Leroy was changed to Benona and Benona was changed to Shelby on March 1, 1867.
The first settlement that had any appearance of developing into a village was made at what was known as "Churchill's Corners". Shelby had no lake harbor or pine forests to encourage settlers. In fact, it was nothing but a hilly territory of ex- cellent farming land, although not highly regarded. However, it was a stopping place for travelers going from Whitehall to Pentwater and this was enough to induce them to start a village.
In the fall of 1865 the State Road was opened from Whitehall to Hart. In the spring of 1866 the first mail route was established, with the Post Office at the Shelby House, on Churchill Corners.
In 1871, the railroad was surveyed and grading begun. There was enough land on the other side of the road bed to plat a village. Samuel A. Browne, A. Pittenger, Jas. G. Gray, and O. Deming decided to take advantage of the opportunity. The Village of Barnett, which is now part of Shelby, was platted and recorded. With the coming of the railroad the village made rapid progress, but the enthusiasm soon died away.
Then, one of the most singular events in the county history took place. In the spring of 1874, the first great flight of wild pigeons occurred. The pigeons selected a spot within a few miles of the village for their nesting place. The news went out and nearly every train from the south brought sportsmen by the score with plenty of currency. Everyone became a pigeon hunter or dealer. They were caught and shipped by the barrel. Thousands were kept in coops for later market. It is told they handled preparation for shipping like an assembly line with men, women, and children each do- ing a part until they were caught, plucked, cleaned, packed and shipped. Some of the men would bite their heads; a woman would dip them in boiling water; older children would pluck the feathers; and on down the line until they were ready to be shipped. It is estimated that this business brought to the people of Shelby over $50,000 in one season.
In 1876 the pigeons came again in greatly increased numbers. The fame given to this little inland village as the locality of the greatest pigeon roost in the United States, gave it for a time, a national notoriety. It is estimated that there were over 700,000 birds shipped and that over 500 strangers visited the area.
Potatoes were grown in great quantities and of super size and quality. For several years it was noted as the greatest potato market in Northern Michigan. Still later it's hills, which were regarded with disfavor by the settlers, were found to be ideal fruit sections.
There were two churches organized early in the townships history, the Congrega- tional, in 1864, and the Methodist, in 1872. In addition to the four rural schools, Shelby and New Era each had a school.
The large kilns for the manufacture of charcoal were also an asset to community. They were located near the village of Shelby, in section 8 and also in section 29.
The first township officers were: Supervisor, Norton Bird; Clerk, Wm. Weston; and Treasurer, James McNutt. The present township officers are: Supervisor, Robert (Bill) Glover; Clerk, Robert Pochyla; and Treasurer, Gwili Hutchinson.
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BENONA TOWNSHIP Organized in 1855
The first saw mill erected in Oceana County was built at the mouth of Stony Creek, in 1849, by Rev. William Ferry and his son.
Collecting up wooden bolts for shingles (shingle bolts) was a major occupa- tion in the county. A Mr. Graham got out shingle bolts along Stony Lake and Little Point Sable. His death, in 1850, was the first death recorded in the county.
Lorenze Eaton also came here to get out shingle bolts and to prepare for the settlement of his family. After considerable hardship, he moved his family into a log house at Blackberry Ridge. It is claimed to be the first log house in the county (Gibbs Place) .
The first physician was Dr. Phillips, who served an extensive area from Pere Marquette (Ludington) to Muskegon, along the beach. He built an old sawmill in Claybanks which became a center for settlement. Another area where people came was what is now Pentwater. The two main settlements stood 16 miles apart with only one route between.
On February 13, 1855, an Act was passed by the Legislature defining the bound- aries and naming the townships Pentwater, Stony Creek and Claybanks. The first township meeting of Stony Creek was held at the house of A. R. Wheeler, at Stony Creek Mills.
The Claybanks settlement because of its proximity grew much faster than Pent-
water. The first Board of Supervisors meeting (1855) was held at Stony Creek, which became the county seat. It was later moved to Whiskey Creek and remained there until 1864.
The leading authorities in the Stony Creek settlement were Dr. Phillips, Wheeler, Cobb and Rector.
In February, 1855, when the Legislature passed the Act to provide the organ- ization of Oceana County, the first election of county officers was conducted in Benona. Wheeler was nominated for Treasurer and Harvey Tower for Clerk and Regis- ter of Deeds. In order to fill the oaths, it was insisted the men be sworn in by a qualified officer. There were none available, so Tower and Wheeler headed for White River, 15 miles away, to see Justice Stebbins. The two men returned home and filed their oaths 10 minutes before the deadline.
By 1857 the county was becoming a permanent organization.
The name Stony Creek was changed to Benona in February 1857. Mr. A. R. Wheeler selected the name Benona and gave it to the Stony Creek Post Office. In November the Board equalized valuations, audited the accounts and set salaries.
Benona Township became quite a commercial town. A bridge pier, costing $12,000, was built, which largely increased trade. Four steam vessels stopped there daily.
In 1858 several of the settlers petitioned the Board of Supervisors to section off Sections 1,2, 3,4,5 and 6 from Benona to the township of Claybanks. This, making Claybanks a full township, received unanimous approval. The same afternoon objec- tions arose to the annexation of Section 6. Benona didn't care to give up such a valuable taxation district, so a motion was made and carried to re-annex the section to Benona.
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