Owendale
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N 43° 43.735 W 083° 15.949
17T E 317512 N 4844259
Located in a village park on the south side of Main Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Plentiful parking at the PARK!
Waymark Code: WMVJX
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2006
Views: 18
In 1882, as three new railroads began to lay track in Huron County, two cousins from Saginaw, John G. and John S. Owen, bought land in the Columbia Swamp. The following year, they opened a sawmill to harvest the native oak. John G. Owen hired Quincy Thomas, a civil engineer, to survey a town site in 1887. The streets, alleys and parks were dedicated to the public for their perpetual use, and the village was named Owendale. The sawmill burned in 1896, and the Owendale area turned from lumbering to agriculture.
Historical Name: John G. and John S. Owen
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: Local Site #383
Historical Date: Not listed
Description: Not listed
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