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Old Maid Swamp

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The earliest travelers to the region had to deal with tough travel conditions taking rarely traveled paths, Indian trails or even blazing trails of…

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Millett

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Millett or Millett's Station is a small hamlet in the southeast part of Delta Township, at one point it contained a saw-mill (or oar-factory), a…

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Delta Mills Bridge

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The steel span bridge with wood floor spanning the Grand River along Webster Road was built in either 1891 or 1892. The wooden floor was re-planked in…

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Delta Mills School

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The first school in Delta Township was built in 1839 on what is now the corner of Delta River Drive and Ingersoll Road. The school was a one-room wood…

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Delta Mills

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"Erastus S. Ingersoll settled here in 1836 and constructed a water-powered sawmill. A gristmill was added, and in 1840 a resident wrote that people…

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eBooks

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Collection of books with information about or related to the history of Delta Township and the Lansing area.

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Ingersoll Family

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Images of the Ingersoll family, first settlers of Delta Township.

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