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Arenac County, Michigan
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Arenac: "A sandy place for a good footing" - that�s
what Henry Schoolcraft observed of the area when he named it after the
combination of : "arena," referring to the sand in the Coliseum to
provide a better footing for gladiators, and "ac," Indian for:
"place of." Located at the bottom of Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron, this
area has long been inhabited, with 5000 year old Indian artifacts being found
there. The Rifle, Au Gres and Pine Rivers made excellent fishing and canoeing
routes for both Ottawa Indians and early settlers to the area - including
Captain J. P. Phillips and John Lentz, who started a sawmill in 1856. Once part
of Bay and Saginaw Counties, it organized as Arenac County in 1883, during the
lumber boom, keeping to its name in providing settlers a "good
footing" for starting out. |
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