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Hillsdale County, Michigan
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Hillsdale County, named for its pleasant rolling green hills and
valleys, was organized in 1839 with the city of Hillsdale as the county seat.
During this time, Potawatomi Chief Baw Beese supervised the transport of his
tribe to Iowa. Baw Beese Lake, southeast of
Hillsdale, was named in his honor. In 1843, the Michigan Southern Railroad,
beginning at Monroe, was stopped here due to a construction delay, resulting in
economic prosperity as Hillsdale became the railway�s western end. Following
the Civil War, agriculture, including corn, hay, soybeans, cows, poultry and
hog-farming, gave the county a stable economic base, and the area grew. |
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