On West Main Street (State Highway 32) at South Otsego Avenue (Business Interstate 75), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Settled in the year 1874 by the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad, the new community was named for Augustine Smith Gaylord, an attorney for the railroad. Born in Jefferson, Ohio in 1831, he started the Saginaw Public School System in 1851. He . . . — — Map (db m33369) HM
Near Old US Highway 27 South 0.9 miles north of Mancelona Road (County Highway F-38), on the left when traveling north.
Since 1922, Otsego State Park offers 62 acres and more than a half mile of sandy beach. 155 modern campsites provide the perfect family OUTDOORS vacation!
Otsego...The Name
The county was originally called . . . — — Map (db m278772) HM
Near Old US Highway 27 South 0.9 miles north of Mancelona Road (County Highway F-38), on the left when traveling north.
Since 1922, Otsego State Park offers 62 acres and more than a half mile of sandy beach. 155 modern campsites provide the perfect family OUTDOORS vacation!
Otsego...The Name
The county was originally called . . . — — Map (db m278775) HM
On Interstate 75 Business Loop at Bataan Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Interstate 75 Business Loop.
Camp Grayling is the largest National Guard training facility in the United States.
In 1913, lumber magnate Rasmus Hanson donated over 13,000 acres of cut-over land to the State of Michigan for military training. Originally named the Hanson . . . — — Map (db m251737) HM
On Old US Highway 27 South 0.2 miles north of Marlette Road, on the left when traveling north.
Origianlly named Bradford Lake, this community began in 1873 when a lumber company built a business here. Its first post office opened in 1876. The town was renamed Waters in 1885 for railroad employee Oscar Waters.
About this time, the . . . — — Map (db m251622) HM
On West Main Street (Michigan Route 32) at South Otsego Avenue (Business Interstate 75), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
The headwaters of five major rivers - Au Sable, Black, Manistee, Pigeon,
and Sturgeon - flow out of Otsego County in every direction, winding
through northern Michigan to eventually reach the Great Lakes. The
abundant forests, wetlands, and open . . . — — Map (db m214855) HM
Near N. Farmer Street south of Helen Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Dr. Samuel Foster and his family built the first frame structure just west of here on the banks of the Kalamazoo River in the fall of 1831. First called “Allegan,” the name was changed officially to Otsego in 1835 when land developer Horace . . . — — Map (db m73761) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
