Clinton County Trails
Volumes 1 - 5 (1986-1990)

    These back issues are pdf files.  Items in italics are not available online. 

Issues 

Volume 1 Number 1 (1986)

• Vital records gleaned from letters of Riley Township pioneers (pages 2, 7-8)

• Administrator's Sales, Chancery Sales and Probate Orders from the Clinton Republican 1863-1866 (pages 3-6, 9)

• DeWitt Baptist Church pew sale and leasing 1853-1854 (page 9)

Volume 1 Number 2 (1986)

• Maple Rapids graduating class of 1909 (page 1)

• Addison Cook biography (pages 2-3)

• Sylvanus Bachelder letter from 1859 (page 4)

• Jesse Monroe obituary (page 5)

• DeWitt Township Board meeting minutes from 1841 (page 5)

• DeWitt Township animal marks from 1837 (page 6)

• Annual Report of the Board of Supervisors of Clinton County (extracts) for 1853 (pages 7-9)

Volume 2 Number 1 (1987)

• William H. Norris & Elmer E. Emmons obituaries (page 1)

• Maple Rapids Dispatch business people in 1882 (pages 2-3)

• Clinton County Archives newspapers on microfilm (pages 4-6)

• Men registered in Victor Township in 1918 (page 8)

• Simmons School class list for 1898-1899 (page 9)

• Maple Rapids park subscription paper in 1928 (page 10)

 Volume 2 Number 2 (1987)

• DeWitt Township minutes from 1860 regarding cemeteries (page 11)

• Clinton County map from 1873 (page 12)

• Dates of township and county organization (page 13) 

• Township and county organization with brief histories of each governmental unit - Part 1 (pages 14-17)

• Stoll, Caruss, Warren, Pratt and Oppenlander families (pages 18-19)

 Volume 2 Number 3 (1987)

• Township and County Organization with brief histories of each governmental unit - Part 2 (pages 23-27)

• Westphalia births for 1907 (page 22)

• Jesse Monroe, Walter Mundell and Norman S. Whitford obituaries (page 22, 27)

• Unclaimed letters at the DeWitt post office for September 30, 1863 (page 28)

 Volume 2 Number 4 (1987) 

• Index to the first two volumes [See online index]

Volume 3 Number 1 (1988) 

• Keith Baker memories (page 1)

• North Riley Fractional District #2 pupil list 1884-1885 (page 2)

• Josie Holmes teaching certificate from 1881 (page 3)

• 1883 Clinton County pensioner's roll (page 4)

• 1865 income tax list (page 5- 6)

• Licensed teacher list for 1902-1903 (page 6)

• Interview of Ira & Charlotte Estes (page 7-8)

• Gunnisonville History - Part 1 (page 8)

Volume 3 Number 2 (1988)

• Gunnisonville History - Part 2 (pages 9-10)

• Old Watertown Center School picture c1910 (page 11)

• Hurd School brief article (page 11)

• Foerch family (page 12)

• Surnames found in Bibles at the archives (page 13-14)

• 1910 census takers (page 14)

• Hibbee District and Pennington School (page 15-16)

• GAR Post surname list (page 16)

Volume 3 Number 3 (1988)

• Gunnisonville History - Part 3 (pages 17-18)

• Hewitt family picture (page 19)

• William A. Hewitt biography (pages 20-21)

• Grove School #2 picture c1906 (page 22)

• Peck School memories (page 23-24)

• Hospital nurses duties in 1880's (page 24)

 Volume 3 Number 4 (1988) 

• Index for Volume 3 (See online index)

• Picture of old interurban station in DeWitt

Volume 4 Number 1 (1989)

• County pioneers meet in 1905 (page 1)

• Newspaper brevities from 1905 (page 1)

• History of Gunnisonville - Part 4 (page 2-3)

• Pioneer memories of Helen M. Parr of Maple Rapids (pages 4-5)

• Refurbishing of Gunnisonville School (page 6)

Volume 4 Number 2 (1989)

• Accidental deaths in Michigan in 1872 (page 7)

• 1900 National Telephone Company listing for St. Johns (pages 8-10)

• Bingham Grange Record for B. Veron Merrihew for 1910 (page 9)

• 1881 student list for Grove School of Watertown Twp. (page 10)

• 1861 DeWitt Twp. assessment roll (pages 11-13)

• History of Gunnisonville -- Part 5 (pages 13-14)

Volume 4 Number 3 (1989)

• Memories of Loui Emiline Fritz -- Part 1 (page 15)

• Letter from Faye Bristol (page 16)

• Frank Badgerow obituary in 1905 (page 17)

• State Road history from Clinton County History (page 17)

• List of Greenbush Twp. voters in 1844 & 1850 (page 18)

• Early Clinton County marriages (page 18)

• Essex Twp. history and teacher list (page 19)

• Biography of James R. Carter in 1896  (pages 19-20)

 Volume 4 Number 4 (1989)

• Index for Volume 4 (See online index)

• Ad for Victorian Christmas (1989) presented by the CCHS

Volume 5 Number 1 (1990)

• Memories of Loui Emiline Fritz -- Part 2 (pages1-2)

• Spanish American War News (page 2)

• 1898 juror list (page 2)

• 1887 St. John Cemetery -- Civil War burials (page 3)

• Calling card collection in the archives from the 1880's (page 4)

• List of periodicals in the archives (pages 5-6)

• Lebanon Twp Farmers Club deaths 1896-1930 (page 7)

• 1891 class list for Frink School (page 7)

• Picture of typical farmhouse of 1900's (page 8)

Volume 5 Number 2 (1990)

• Yallup family history (page 8)

• Happenings from 1900 (pages 9-11)

• Farmers Hotel occupants for July 1891 (page 12)

• Woman's Home Missionary Union members for Victor Twp (page 12)

• Union Farmers Club of Duplain member list for 1913 (page 13)

Volume 5 Number 3 (1990)

• Lebanon Farmer's Club in 1925 (page 14)

• 1850 Clinton County Mortality Schedule (page 15)

• Samuel Buel Dayton biography (page 16)

• St. Peter Lutheran Church of Riley Twp. (page17)

• Article on computing birthdates from tombstones (page 18)

• John Bare family group sheet (page 19)

• Queries (page 19)

• Society news (pages 20-21)

 Volume 5 Number 4 (1990)

• Lowe Church Centennial in 1990 (pages 22-23)

• Ernest Redman family history (page 24-25)

• Reuben VanVelsor tower clock legend (page 25)

• List of persons staying in hotels in St. Johns during the 1860 census (pages 26-27)

• Citizenship petitions for November 22, 1922 (page 27)

• County Farm School (Bingham Twp.) perfect attendance for 1890 (page 27)

• Civil war hospital deaths from 1863-1964 (page 28)

• Queries (page 28)

• Society news (pages 29-30)

 

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