Archaeological atlas of Michigan [by] Wilbert B. Hinsdale...

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tip of Tawas Point, and two or three burying places have been located in the county.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages ---------- 4
Burying grounds 2
Mound ----------- 1

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TOWNSHIPS
Plainfield 7. Tawas
Oscoda 8. Baldwin
Wilber 9. Burleigh
Au Sable 10. Sherman
Reno 11. Alabaster
Grant

JACKSON COUNTY
(Map 5)
A methodical survey does not indicate the existence of many
earthworks. Village sites were numerous, and every township
except Hanover and Pulaski was crossed by a trail. A complete
record, which at this date is impossible, would presumably add
many interesting features to the map.
Acknowledgment is made to Mr. W. C. Fargo, of Jackson,
and Mr. N. F. Wing, of Grass Lake, for valuable assistance in
tracing the trails and locating sites in the county.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages -----------23
Burying grounds -- 4
Mounds -----------3

IRON COUNTY
(Map 16)
There is not much of archaeological interest to report from
this large county, although the topography indicates it must have
had seasonal attractions for fishers, hunters, and trappers.
A trail from L'Anse, Baraga County, came south to the lake
region of Iron County, past Chicagon Lake, and crossed Brule
River into Wisconsin. A mile west of Swan Lake this trail was
met by one coming south from the Indian village on Lake Michigamme, in Marquette County. There were a good many branches
from these main trails. Parts of some of the old trails can still
be seen and traced for considerable distances.
Acknowledgment is made of valuable services rendered by
Mr. H. F. Larson, county engineer, Crystal Falls, who assisted
in preparing the map, in locating several sites, and in tracing the
trails.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages -----------4
Burying grounds 4
TOWNSHIPS
1. Stambaugh 5. Crystal Falls
2. Iron River 6. Mansfield
3. Bates 7. Mastodon
4. Hematite
ISABELLA COUNTY
(Map 8)
According to the records so far obtained, there were three
mounds in a group upon the west border of Coldwater Township;
in Vernon, two mounds; in Sherman, a village; in Denver, a village; in Union, a village and a burying ground; in Lincoln, a group
of mounds the number of which is undetermined, and also a group
of three, a group of two, and two isolated mounds, two villages,
and two burying grounds.
A trail ran from Shingquacaseking, two miles below Mount
Pleasant, on the north side of the Chippewa River, to the junction
of the Chippewa and the Tittabawassee rivers in Midland County.
A trail which cannot be accurately located for its entire course
passed diagonally across the county from Coe through Shepherd
and Mt. Pleasant and left the county about six miles east of the
northwest corner.
SITES IDENTIFIED
Villages -----------5

Burying grounds 3
Mounds --------- 13

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TOWNSHIPS
1. Springport 11. (
2. Tompkins 12. S
3. Rives 13. S
4. Henrietta 14. bs
5. Waterloo 15. F
6. Parma 16. F
7. Sandstone 17. I
8. Blackman 18. (
9. Leoni 19. s
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KALAMAZOO COUNTY
(Map 4)
A conspicuous and unique feature of Michigan's antiquities
is the "garden bed" construction. The beds were symmetrical,
low earth ridges, as described in the chapter upon "Garden Beds."
One which was situated in the city of Kalamazoo, where the Park
Club House now stands, was wheel-shaped, with "spokes" run
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TOWNSHIPS
Coldwater 9.
Gilmore, 10.
Vernon 11.
Wise 12.
Sherman 13.
Nottawa 14.
Isabella 15.
Denver 16.

Broomfield
Deerfield
Union
Chippewa
Rolland
Fremont
Lincoln
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ning out from an inner to an outer circular ridge. Others were
" gridiron"-shaped, in regular straight-line designs with numerous
ridges paralleling each other at a distance apart of about three
feet. One or two of them were of quite complicated pattern, but
very regular and formal (see Figure 8). More of these beds existed in Kalamazoo County than in all the rest of the state, although the largest, covering one hundred and twenty acres, was
near Three Rivers, in St. Joseph County.

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