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Cheboygan County was set off in 1840 greeting its first permanent settlers in 1844. Its name derives from the Ojibwa language. Native Americans utilized the 45 mile Inland Waterway that runs from Lake Huron through the Cheboygan River, Mullet Lake and Indian River to Burt Lake, then up the Crooked River to Crooked Lake and over a short portage to Little Traverse Bay thus avoiding the Straits of Mackinac. Later this same route would become a prime tourist attraction for Euro-American boaters, cottagers and leisure seekers. During the lumbering era of 1870 – 1910, Cheboygan County experienced a population boom. The Cheboygan Slack Water Navigation Company vessels carried passengers to the region until the railway was developed in the region. After the decline of the lumber industry and the parallel drop in population, commercial fishing took over peaking in the 1920s. Though diminished by the invasion of the Sea Lamprey, fishing is still of mainstay of the economy as well as modest lumbering, farming and increased tourism.
Atwood, Lloyd M.
Cheboygan as a nineteenth century lumber area. 1947.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N HD9757.M5 A8 1947a
Cheboygan on the Straits of Mackinac. 1900 - 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Oversize F574.C54 C473 1900z
Fuller, George N. (George Newman).
Local histories of several Michigan counties. n.d.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572 .A15 T48z
Furlong, Robert J.
Cheboygan County. 1950 - 1959.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.C5 F87 1950z
Indian River region: home of Michigan's only inland water route. 1950 - 1959.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.I68 I5 1959z
Cheboygan
Cheboygan daily tribune. 1915 - 1958.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Indian River.
Straitsland resorter. 1961 - 1969.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Mackinaw City.
Mackinaw witness. 1892 - 1899.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Tower.
Cheboygan County era. 1907 - 1909.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Tower.
Tower press. 1905 -1906.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Fultz, Royal A.
Official map of Cheboygan County, Michigan.1933.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N G4114.C5 1933 .F8
Myers, P. A.
Plat book of Cheboygan County, Michigan: drawn from actual surveys and the county records. 1902.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Folio G1413.C5 M9z 1902
Northern Michigan's inland waterway. 1984.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N Undersize F572.C5 N6 1984
Rockford Map Publishers..
Farm plat book with index to owners, Cheboygan County, Michigan. 1960.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .C5 R65 1960
Cemetery recordings, Cheboygan County, Michigan.1982.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.C5 C47z
Cheboygan County (Cheboygan) / prepared by the Historical Records Survey, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration. 1938.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N CD3307.C5 C474 1938
Cheboygan, Michigan city directory.1910 – 1990 with gaps.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2S
Jahn, Patricia C.
Surname index, Cheboygan & Mackinac County newspapers.1977.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.M14 J34 2000
St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
Directory of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. 1994.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N BX8481.C443 S357 1994
Community profile: Cheboygan. 1986.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S HC108.C44 C66 1986
Community profile: Mackinaw City. 1986.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S HC108.M332 C66 1986
Ford, Robert S. (Robert Spivey).
Local government in Cheboygan County. 1940.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N JS451.M59 C348 1940
Labor supplement. Cheboygan County data sheet: occupational employment & comparison between 1950 & 1960 for Michigan. 1962.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S HC107.M5 C533 1962
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Information Center.
Community profile, Cheboygan County, Michigan. 1967.
LIB OF MICH US DOCS 4S PrEx 10.9/5:C 41
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