Clinton County Trails
Volumes 36-40 (2021-25)
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Volume 36 Number 1 (2021)
An Undeserving Hero? James H. Robinson, Congressional Medal of Honor
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 1- Bath, Bengal, Bingham, and Dallas
St. Johns Liberty Band
David Nell Cutler, Sr.
Fix the *!00&% Streets
Early Roads of Clinton County
Pioneer Stone & Smith Farm
Miscellaneous
Volume 36 Number 2 (2021)
Walter L. Mundell, Congressional Medal of Honor
Civil War Soldiers' Recruitment
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 2- DeWitt
Military Research Tidbits
Miscellaneous
Volume 36 Number 3 (2021)
Oscar Johnson, Congressional Medal of Honor
Rasdale Stamp Company
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 2- DeWitt (continued)
Clinton County Fair memorabilia
William F. Dutton's fall story
Miscellaneous
Volume 36 Number 4 (2021)
A Hundred Year Journey - Michael Kenney negative collection
Boston Orphans
Olympian Mandolin Club
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 3- Duplain Township
Grant Wakefield
Parmelee Sign Restoration
Miscellaneous
Volume 37 Number 1 (2022)
Do not cross that bridge when you come to it - Bridge failures in Clinton County
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 4- Eagle
R. V. and Florence Gay, Architects
Mattie Anderson, Orphan Train
A Hundred Year Journey (Continued)
Bear Hunting Season
Miscellaneous
Volume 37 Number 2 (2022)
Civil War Letters of Emery and Franklin Warner
J. D. Havens Grocery
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 5- Essex, Greenbush, Lebanon, and Olive
Back Through the Years
1915 St. Johns Parade Photo
Swimming Hole to Swimming Pool - Veteran's Memorial Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
Volume 37 Number 3 (2022)
St. Johns City Park
Skilled Workers of Clinton County: Part 6- Ovid, Riley, Victor, Watertown, and Westphalia
Summary of Early 1850 Settlers
Merrie (Hoover) Abbott
Back Through the Years
Miscellaneous
Volume 37 Number 4 (2022)
Charles Theodore Babcock, Indian Trader
Early School Stories: Brown (Olive), Chapman, Kincaid, Krepps, Merrihew, Pratt, Wolcott/Prairie, Wilson
V & W Photo Album Collection (A-Sp)
Back Through the Years
Miscellaneous
Volume 38 Number 1 (2023)
Curtis Lake Cabin
Mary Swegles and the Wreath
Floyd John Anderson
A Home Grown Criminal - Jay Shulters
Black Barbers in Early St. Johns
Maple Valley and The May Queen
Miscellaneous
Volume 38 Number 2 (2023)
Mystery and History of a House (DeWitt Township)
Voyage to Disaster - Jerry Stephens
Miracle on Railroad Street (St. Johns)
The Great DeWitt Sink Hole
The Ella Vault, Mount Rest Cemetery
Marcus Cutler
Miscellaneous
Volume 38 Number 3 (2023)
Let's Go to the Fair (History of the Clinton County Fair)
Emmons Cider and Vinegar Company
Camp Townsend/Camp Mapleton (Boy Scout Camp)
Boy Scout Troops of Clinton County
Silver Beaver Awards - Maxwell P. Smith, Russell M. Kraft, Lawrence M. Fish
Sharon R. Plowman
Miscellaneous
Volume 38 Number 4 (2023)
General O. L. Spaulding family
The Knight Brothers: Athletic Dynasty at St. Johns High School
Merle Beach Resort
Rheubottom School
Fire Storm of 1871
Warren Sheldon Anderson
World War II short articles from Clinton County Republican News
Miscellaneous
Volume 39 Number 1 (2024)
Alward Lake Resort
Firing Anvils
Registered Physicians (1883)
St. Johns Town Pump (1870)
Back Through the Years
Miscellaneous
Volume 39 Number 2 (2024)
Round Lake Resort
Maple Rapids Cornet Band
Sowle Cemtery Civil War Soldier Monument
Idlewild Tourist Camp
Fox Farming in St. Johns
Rise and Fall of Newton Hall
Brant Canal
Back Through the Years
Plumstead Hall
Miscellaneous
Volume 39 Number 3 (2024)
Park Lake Resort
Turtle Trapper, George K. Kashenider
1953-4 Michigan Vanity License Plate
Dr. Myrtelle Canavan, Pathologist
Dr. Nelson S. Howe in WWII
W. M. Roach Company - Pea Vinery
Back Through the Years
1879 Road Trip in Bengal Township
Miscellaneous
Volume 39 Number 4 (2024)
Church Bells of Eliza Ann Huston Hicks
Kenneth Coin's Snowflakes
St. Johns Camp in Schoolcraft County
Arthur Curran Valentine collector of peonies
Little Wanderer Adoptees - more identified
The Year St. Johns had Three Mayors
Clinton County Residents with Property worth more than $10,000 in 1882
Back Through the Years
Krepps and Price Schools
Topless Go-Go Dancing in DeWitt
Miscellaneous
Volume 40 Number 1 (2025)
Rodney B. Wilson High School Turns 100 (see correction in 40-2 page 24)
Jack Wirick
Original Buildings on the R. B. Wilson School Block
First High School Graduates of St. Johns
A German Colony - Westphalia in 1877
Milkweed Collections in WWII
Miscellaneous
Volume 40 Number 2 (2025)
1905 Lost Creek Train Wreck
Stool Pigeons
Loring Grant and his Buckeye Farm Machines
Grand Ledge Clay Factory Tile
Clinton County Farm
Clinton County Girls Softball League Champions 1936
Miscellaneous
Volume 40 Number 3 (2025)
Whitney-Flewelling Family of DeWitt
Dean Brothers in WWII
Guy C. McIntyre
Hidden Meat Market Sign and Its History Revealed
Beating the Drum with the St. Johns Broom Brigade
WWII Newspaper Articles
Grandma Severance and her Victory Garden
Parrott Rifle Cannon
Miscellaneous
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Updated 09/16/2025