Early Hastings
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N 42° 38.912 W 085° 17.413
16T E 640155 N 4723203
Located on the northwest corner of the courthouse square, bounded by State and Broadway Streets. Parking available.
Waymark Code: WM17G4
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2007
Views: 17
Barry County, organized in 1839, was named after U.S. Postmaster General William Barry. Hastings, the county seat, was platted in 1836 and chartered as a village in 1855. The present courthouse was completed in 1892. A newspaper was published here in 1851, and in 1869 the first railroad reached town. Dr. William Upjohn, founder of the pharmaceutical firm that bears his name, established his practice here after the civil war and perfected a process for the commercial manufacture of the friable pill. Judge Ella C. Eggleston, one of the first women probate judges in the state, began her term of office here in 1919.
Historical Name: William Barry, Dr. William Upjohn, Judge Ella C. Eggleston
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: State Site #291
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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