Local History References

Washtenaw County Consortium:

General County References:

Beakes, Samuel W. Past and Present of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1906.

Chapman, Charles. History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Volumes I and II. Chicago, Illinois: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Washtenaw County. Author and Publisher not identified. 1891.

Maps:

Bechler, Gustavus R., “Map of Washtenaw County, Michigan from surveys by G. R. Bechler and E. Wenig.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Bechler, Wenig, and Co., 1856.

Bechler, Gustavus R., “Map of the counties of Washtenaw and Lenawee, Michigan from special surveys and official records by G. R. Bechler and E. Wenig.” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Samuel Geil, publisher, 1864.

Comer, P. J. and D. A. Albert, H. A. Wells, B.L. Hart, J. B. Raab, D. L. Price, D. M. Kashian, R.A. Corner and D. W. Schuen. Michigan’s Presettlement Vegetation, as Interpreted from the General Land Office Surveys 1816-1856. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing, Michigan. Digital Map. 1995.

Hinsdale, W. B. “Washtenaw County, Michigan: Map showing old Indian Trails, prehistoric sites, mounds, burying grounds, etc.” Ann Arbor, Michigan: George Wahr, publisher, 1927. Copy at the Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Houghton, Douglass. “Map of Washtenaw County [1844?].” Printed Materials Collection, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Pettibone, S. Washtenaw County, Michigan Map, 1843. Printed Materials Collection, Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Rockford Map Publications, Inc. Plat Maps of Lima, Lodi, and Scio Townships, Washtenaw County, Michigan: Rockford, Illinois: Rockford Map Publications, Inc., 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981/82, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997.

Weinlander, Paul. Township Plats of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 1934.

 Ypsilanti Historical Society. Combination Atlas and Map of Washtenaw County, Michigan. Reproduced by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1981. Reprint of Illustrated Atlas, Chicago, Illinois: Everts and Stewart, 1874; and Standard Atlas of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Co., 1895 and 1915.

Selected Additional Resources:

Armstrong, William J. Papers concerning the Survey of Washtenaw County. Manuscript Collection. Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Cutcheon, B. M. “Log Cabin Times and Log Cabin People.” Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 29, 1898.

Davis, Rev. Lorenzo. “The Pioneer Ministers of Washtenaw County.” Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections 28 (1898): 214-223.

Davis, Rev. Lorenzo. “Recollections of Early Ministers of Washtenaw County.” Michigan Pioneer and Historic Collections 9 (1886): 155-161.

Finney, Byron Alfred. History of Washtenaw County. Vol. III, Historic Michigan, George Newman Fuller, ed. Dayton, Ohio: National Historical Association, Inc., 1924.

Florer, W. W. Washtenaw, Westphalia, Frankenmuth, Detroit, 1848. Vol. 1, Early Michigan Settlements. Ann Arbor, Michigan: By the author, 1941.

Frost, Clarence. “The Early Railroads of Southern Michigan.” Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections 38 (1911): 498-499.

Fuller, George N. “Introduction to Settlement of Southern Michigan.” Michigan Historical Collections 38 (1911): 539-579.

Hanel-Gerdenich, Ina. “The German Settlement of Western Washtenaw County, Michigan.” Final paper, History 505, Eastern Michigan University, April 1995.

Hanel-Gerdenich, Ina. Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan: Intensive-Level Historic Survey.

Final Report to the Superior Land Conservancy. 1996.

Hanel-Gerdenich, Ina. Washtenaw County Thematic Survey. Final Report to the Washtenaw County Historic District Commission. 1997.

Hennings, Thomas P. Looking Back: The History of Northfield Township and the Whitmore Lake Area. Northfield Township: Northfield Township Historical Society, 1985.

Jenks, William L. "Michigan Immigration." Michigan History 28 (1944): 67-100.

Johnson, Hildegard B. "The Location of German Immigrants in the Middle West." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 41 (1951): 1-41.

Johnson, Hildegard. “New Land Assignment through the Land Ordinances.” Chapter 3. Order Upon the Land. (In Course Pack for GEO 330: Settlement Geography Class, Eastern Michigan University, Winter 1992).

Marsh, Nicholas A. Remembering Delhi Mills. By the author, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984.

Marsh, Nicholas A. Scio Village: Ghost town with a Past. By the author, Mansfield, Ohio, 1995.

Rose, Gregory S. "South Central Michigan Yankees." Michigan History (March/April 1986): 29-39.

Schmid, Friederich. "The Schmid Letters, 1833-1879." Translated by Emerson E. Hutzel. St. Louis, Missouri, 1953. Manuscript Collection. Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Seymour, C. B. “Early Days in Old Washtenaw County.” Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. Vol. 28, 1897-1898, 391-399.

Sheldon, Samuel R. The Michigan Central Railroad and Washtenaw County’s Changing Economic Geography from 1820 to 1850. M. S. Thesis, Eastern Michigan University, Department of Geography, 1967.

Sias, Margaret L. “Historical Overview as Related to the Changing Landscape of Lima [Township, Michigan] 1825-1981.” Mill Creek Research Council Survey Report, 1981.

Stephenson, O. W. Ann Arbor: The First Hundred Years. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, 1927.

Ten Brook, Andrew. "First German Settlement." In S. W. Beakes, Past and Present of Washtenaw County. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1906.

Thaden, J. F. “Ethnic Settlements in Rural Michigan.” Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Quarterly Bulletin 29:2 (1946): 102-111. Accompanying map, 1945.

Trautmann, Frederic. "Glimpses of Michigan in 1855: The Travels of Johann Georg Kohl." Michigan History 67, no. 4 (July/August 1983): 33-39.

Web Links:

HISTWEB: http://gisweb.ewashtenaw.org/website/histweb/viewer/viewer.htm

Ann Arbor History, with links to County references: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moaatxt;idno=BAC4701.0001.001

Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, with links to references: http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/bibliography/bkwashtenaw.htm

Washtenaw County Historical Society: www.washtenawhistory.org