Huron County

County Seat: Bad Axe

Origin of Name: Native American tribe of the same name

Set Off: 1840

Organized: 1859

Population in 1990: 34,951

For many counties the number of items listed is quite long. Navigational buttons are located only at the end of the list. This list of material represents the library's holdings as of July 1997. Be sure to check with us for any additional items we may now have either by contacting the library or by pressing the " Centra-Libraries Catalog" link to the left.

Art Work of Lake Huron Shore. Chicago, IL: W.H. Parish Publishing Co., 1894.

Bad Axe Golden Jubilee, 1885-1935; A History of Progress. Bad Axe, MI: Tribune, 1935.

Baranski, Connie. The Port Austin Reef Lighthouse. CMU Term Paper, 1970.

Cook, Mabel. History of Grindstone City, Mich. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Cook, Mabel. History of Grindstone City, New River, and Eagle Bay. Grindstone City, MI: 1972.

Cook, Mabel. History of Grindstone City Schools. Grindstone City, Eagle Bay and New River. Grindstone City, MI: 1959.

Data on Bad Axe, Michigan. Jackson, MI: Consumers Power Company, 1966.

Eichler, Pauline. Co-operative Elevator Company of Pigeon. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Elenbaum, Melva. Kilmanagh: A Thumb Crossroads. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Evett, Paul L., editor. Thumbs Up. A Collection of Historical Essays on Huron County and the Thumb, by Members of an Off- campus Class in English. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan College of Education, [1956].

Flannery, Gloria. History of an Automobile Dealership. CMU Term Paper, 1968. (Bad Axe).

Foster, Mary Jane. Port Cresent: A Ghost Town. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Gillingham, Ida Reeves. History of Huron County, Michigan. Hazel & Queenie Reeves, 1969.

The Great Fire of 1881: A Collection of Stories. Caro, MI: Tuscola County Advertiser, 1981.

Gwinn, Florence McKinnon. Pioneer History of Huron County, Michigan. Bad Axe, MI: Huron County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1922.

Hey, Chester Andrew &Corman Eckstein. Huron County Centennial History, 1859-1959. . . Hi-Lights in 100 Years of Progress. [Harbor Beach, MI: Harbor Beach Times, 1959].

Hey, Chester Andrew. Huron County: Prose, Poems and Pictures. C.E. Thompson Abstract Co., 1932.

Historic Homes of Bad Axe. Bad Axe, MI: Bad Axe Historical Society, 1989.

History of the Lake Huron Shore, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Chicago, IL: H.R. Page, 1883.

Huron County Republican, editor. Bad Axe, Michigan; The Thumb's Best Town. Bad Axe, MI: Huron County Republican, 1901.

Huron County's Good Old Days. Bad Axe, MI: Bad Axe Historical Society, 1989.

Huron County's Log Cabin Days. Bad Axe, MI: Bad Axe Historical Society, 1989.

Kain, Richard D. The Country Kirk of Soule: A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Chandler, Michigan. [n.p., n.d.].

Krohn, Marjorie. Elkton. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

LaBodie, Berthe. Survey of Ruth and Sherman Township District No. 2. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Langley, Mary Cobb. History of Caseville: Biographies and Legends. Pigeon, MI: Thumb Publications, 1960.

Leipprandt, Virginia. Sketches of Ora Labora and C.F. Leipprandt. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Lincoln, James H. Fiery Trial. Ann Arbor, MI: Historical Society of Michigan, 1984.

Lorentzon, Betsy. Life on the Edge of the Slashings. Tustin, MI: Shinglemill Press, 1993.

Marotzke, Ken. Sebewaing Blade: Its History. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Miller, Etral L. Pte. Aux Barques. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Millerwise, Herman G. History of Sebewaing, in Two Parts. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Organization of Sebewaing Township 1853-1953. Sebewaing, MI: [1953].

Moeller, Donna. Farm Home in Huron Co. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Morley, Lloyd. Verona. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Nelson, June. It Happened Here One Spring. [A centennial history of Port Crescent, vanished lumbering Village, 1868-1968]. The Author, 1968.

Nelson, June. Tales from the Tip of the Thumb. [n.p., 1976].

Parisville Poles: First Polish Setters in U.S.A.? Mt. Clemens, MI: Masspac Publishing Co., 1977.

Parrish, Veta. Community Survey of Rural School District of Popple, Colfax No. 2, Huron County. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Peters, Marilyn. History of Owendale, 1861-1969. Owendale, MI: Owendale Lions Club, 1969.

Peters, Marilyn. History of Owendale, Michigan. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Peterson, Arlene. History of Harbor Beach. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Pigeon Diamond Jubilee: The Good Life in a Small Town. Pigeon, MI: Pigeon Diamond Jubilee Committee, 1977.

Pitcher, Ruth. Pinnebog: Four Corners in the Thumb. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County. . . also Containing a Complete History of the County, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1884.

Prescott, Roland Everett. Historical Tales of the Huron Shore Region and Rhymes. [Lincoln, MI:] Alcona County Herald, 1934-1942. 2 Volumes.

Protzman, Catherine. Survey of Caseville. CMU Term Paper, 1943.

Rapson, Zora. Survey of Owendale. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Reynolds, Jacqueline. Bad Axe. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Schneider, Marylin. Village of Ubly. CMU Term Paper, 1968.

Sebewaing Township Centennial, July 2, 3, 4, 5, 1953. [n.p., 1953].

Tales of Mud Trail Days. Bad Axe, MI: Bad Axe Historical Society, 1989.

Taschner, Ellen. Sebewaing Brewing Company. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Tucker, Ida. Reminiscences of Mrs. R.C. Allen. [n.p., 1949]. (Harbor Beach).

Turner, Greg W. History of the Big Turner School. CMU Term Paper, n.d. (Chandler TWP).

Ubly Courier. May 22, 1958-December 31, 1971.

Wear, Robert E. School Camping in the Thumb: A Report of the Huron County School Camp, Summer of 1947. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan College, 1947.

Yordy, Arlyn E. From Swamp to Prosperous Village. CMU Term Paper, 1968. (Pigeon).