Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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sentative A. H. Anderson. The suit is one of the valuable additions Mrs. Ferrey has been able to make to the Museum during
the past few weeks. They are all on display in the State building.
-State Journal, 1919.
MRS. FERREY.
Mrs. M. B. Ferrey, curator of the State Museum, is unearthing
a deal of interesting data on pioneer days in Michigan. She is
arousing much interest and enthusiasm among adults and youth
concerning Michigan's pioneers and their doings. Incidentally
she loses no opportunity of putting "Old Glory" to the front and
appealing to our present generation to make room in their hearts
for a goodly bit of intelligent and red blooded patriotism. To
Mrs. Ferrey more than to any other one person is due the credit
for that fine bronze bust of "Father Pierce," our first Superintendent of Public Instruction, which now stands guard over the
entrance into the State Superintendent's office in our Capitol. 1916.
WILD-CAT MONEY OF EARLY DAYS INTERESTING
STATE MUSEUM EXHIBIT.
Among the most interesting of the many exhibits in the Museum
of the Pioneer Society at the Capitol building is the collection of
wild-cat money, preserved as a reminder of the flourishing days
of the wild-cat banks in the early days of Michigan's history.
Among them are notes of the old bank of Singapore, which,
like the mythical city of Singapore, was reputed to have been one
of the worst "confidence deals" in the history of the country.
The city of Singapore was laid out on the sand dunes near Saugatuck. A wild-cat bank was established and notes were widely
circulated in eastern cities where the city was being boosted.
This bank failed after a sensational career.
Most of the notes were issued in the forties when the wild-cat
fad was at its height. The banks started failing rapidly, however, and many were the disastrous falls from wealth in those
palmy days of speculation. It is said that one man papered his