Hidden History of Jackson County, Michigan
Hidden History of Jackson County, Michigan

Author: Linda Hass

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020-09-28

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1467145785

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The history of Jackson County, Michigan, brims with colorful characters and noteworthy episodes nearly lost to time. Jackson abolitionists used their barns, houses and hidden compartments to harbor freedom seekers traveling on the Underground Railroad. One even repelled an armed posse from Kentucky. A prominent druggist murdered his mother in 1889 and a jail guard in 1893.Evidence suggests he murdered his father too. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt traveled to Brown's Lake for relaxation in 1935, but a media mob had other plans. A popular Blackman Township roadhouse has a longstanding tradition of entertaining pioneers, stagecoach drivers and mobsters, but its secret guests are even stranger. Join local historian Linda Hass as she delves into these and other entertaining and often-overlooked stories.

The Jackson County War
The Jackson County War

Author: Daniel R. Weinfeld

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2012-03-19

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0817317457

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Explains why citizens of Jackson County, Florida, slaughtered close to one hundred of their neighbors during the Reconstruction period following the end of the Civil War; focusing on the Freedman's Bureau, the development of African-American political leadership, and the emergence of white "Regulators."

Gateway to the West
Gateway to the West

Author: Mrs. Dale Bowers

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 2002

ISBN-13: 080631236X

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This edition of Gateway to the West has been excerpted from the original numbers, consolidated, and reprinted in two volumes, with added Publisher's Note, Tables of Contents, and indexes, by Genealogical Publishing Co., SInc., Baltimore, MD.