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On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
In 1858, in what was then a remote wilderness, the Rev. Charles E. Bailey and four families from his Ohio Congregational parish founded Benzonia colony. It was to be an "educational Christian colony" modeled after the earlier Congregational . . . — — Map (db m97478) HM
On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Historian, author, editor, Bruce Catton (1899-1978) is best known for his two Civil War trilogies -- The Army of the Potomac and The Centennial History of the Civil War. Born in Petoskey, Catton spent most of his childhood in Benzonia, . . . — — Map (db m97480) HM
On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) north of Traverse Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This building was a girls dormitory erected in 1909 for the Benzonia Academy. Named Mills Cottage in honor of the Reverend Harlow S. Mills, pastor of Benzonia Congregational Church from 1896 to 1916, it became property of that church when the . . . — — Map (db m97479) HM
On Michigan Avenue (U.S. 31) at Traverse Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Michigan Avenue.
Dedicated to the memory of the pioneers, who, in 1858, came to this region, then an unbroken forest, to establish a Christian community and college. Here they founded the earliest institution of higher learning in northern Michigan which was a . . . — — Map (db m228944) HM
On Benzie Highway (U.S. 31) south of King Road, on the right when traveling south.
William Davis. the son of
a plantation owner and a
slave woman, came here
with his wife. Mildred
Brand, and their children
in 1863. They were among
the area's first black
landowners. Upon the
death of his daughter in
1870, William Davis . . . — — Map (db m192394) HM