Near this site on April 5, 1880, area residents met at the Gerrish Logging Camp to elect officers for their newly organized township. James Watson was chosen as the first supervisor. Originally the township embraced present-day Gerrish, Lyon and . . . — — Map (db m280993) HM
On 6-14-1852, Wm. Burt, U.S. Surveyor, set a cedar post at the quarter corner of sections 5 & 6, T24N, R2W. He noted an 8 inch diameter yellow pine S75'W. 95 links. That pine still stands...a silent witness to the original surveys of Michigan. — — Map (db m201433) HM
Davis, J. B. •
Versaw, Mac •
Everton, Wm. •
Jennings, A. H. •
Costello, John •
Edwards, Wm. •
Dickenson, C. C. •
Winchel, Isaac •
Robbins, G. L. •
Ware, Israel •
Mann, W. R. •
Osterman, Wm. •
Tracy, Palmer •
Weldon, M.V. •
Youngs, . . . — — Map (db m253743) WM
The Pioneer House opened in the early 1870s as a boardinghouse for lumbermen. Beginning as a 1-1/2-story building, it underwent three major renovations between 1885 and 1936 evolving into a hotel with twenty-two guest rooms and three apartments. . . . — — Map (db m201431) HM
William J. Terney, lumber baron and Civil War veteran, moved to the Roscommon area in 1887 and erected this house in the late 1880s. Shortly afterwards, he began extensive lumbering operations here and was instrumental in bringing the railroad . . . — — Map (db m232306) HM
