On East Main Street, 0.1 miles South Beck Street (State Route 25), on the right when traveling east.
John C. Liken
One of Sebewaing’s most prominent citizens, John C. Liken (1832-1920), came here in 1865 from New York State where he owned a cooperage. Lured by Michigan’s bountiful forests, he opened stave and sawmills in Sebewaing, . . . — — Map (db m160752) HM
On East Bay Street, 0.2 miles east of South Beck Street (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling east.
In memorial of
the founders of
Auchville
April 4, 1853.
First Officers
Friedrich Schilling
Supervisor,
J. Friedrich Luckhard
Clerk,
Jacob F. Ruehle
Treasurer.
The Indians had named
the crooked river
Sebewaing
This . . . — — Map (db m180670) HM
On South Center Street north of West Grove Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sebewaing Township was organized in 1853. In 1877 the board resolved to use “liquor money” to build this township hall. The atypical two-story town hall included voting booths, a courtroom, a jury room, a jail, and a meeting hall. The front door . . . — — Map (db m131775) HM
On East Bay Street, 0.2 miles east of South Beck Street (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling east.
Here, on July 1, 1845, three Lutheran missionaries, Rev. Johann J.F. Auch, Rev. J. Simon Dumser, and Rev. George Sinke, arrived. The Lutheran leader, Rev. Friedrich Schmid, sent them from Ann Arbor to evangelize the Chippewa Indians. A log chapel . . . — — Map (db m131772) HM