Gerrish
Near this site on April 5, 1880, area residents met at the Gerrish Logging Camp to elect officers for their newly organized township. James Watson was chosen as the first supervisor. Originally the township embraced present-day Gerrish, Lyon, and Markey Townships. In 1920 the present boundary line was established. This structure, the second permanent town hall, was erected in 1970. The township borders on half of the shoreline of Michigan’s sixth largest inland lake, Higgins Lake, and is primarily a resort area.
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryUniversity of Michigan Library
Marker data: Michigan History Center
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