History of Jackson County, Michigan Together With Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Edu- Cational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies Of Representative Citizens History Of Michigan Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, French, English and American Conquests, and A General Review Of Its Civil, Political and Military History By Inter-State Publishing Co, 1881 1,150 pages, illustrated, indexed + Two Bonus Books ********************************************************* EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View *************************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://sz0173.wc.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail#5 On July 3, 1829, Horace Blackman, accompanied by Alexander Laverty, a land surveyor, and an Indian guide forded the Grand River and made camp for the night at what is now Trail and S. Jackson Street. They arrived in Jackson on a well-traveled Indian trail leading west from Ann Arbor. Blackman hired Laverty and Pewytum to guide him west. Blackman returned to Ann Arbor and then Monroe and registered his claim for 160 acres at two dollars an acre. Blackman returned to Jackson in August, 1829, with his brother Russell. Together they cleared land and built a cabin, built on the corner of what would become Ingham and Trail streets. The town was first called Jacksonopolis. Later, it was renamed Jacksonburgh. Finally, in 1838 the town's name was changed to simply Jackson. Jackson is the birthplace of the Republican Party. Undisputed is the fact that the first official meeting of the group that actually called itself "Republican" was held in Jackson under the Oaks on July 6, 1854. Contents History of Michigan . . . 1-116 History of Jackson County 1- Topographical, etc. 2- Early Settlements 3- Exploration and Further Settlement 4- Reminiscences of Early Settlement 5- Jackson Pioneer Society 6- Transactions of the Supervisors 7- The Courts of Early Times 8- Political 9- The War for the Union 10- War Memories 11- The Press, Schools, Railroads, Banks 12- A Series of Historical Truths 13- The City of Jackson 14- Townships and Biographies 762-1150 15- Illustrations 16- Portraits