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Isabella County, Michigan
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Isabella County is named after the great Queen Isabella of Spain
for her patronage of Columbus. Before its organization in 1831, the area was
inhabited by Chippewa Indians. Early white explorers included Father Henry
Nouvel, who spent the winter here in 1675 as missionary to the Indians. The
first permanent settler was David Ward, who built a sawmill in the
Mt. Pleasant area, harvesting the great expanse of white pine during the mid
1800�s. He eventually became the first lumber baron in Michigan to reach
"millionaire" status. In 1927, oil was discovered in the northeast
section of the county, since then a significant contribution to the economy. The
county also became the home of Central Michigan University, founded in Mt.
Pleasant in 1893. |
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