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A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

The Rise and Fall of Pere Cheney, Michigan

During the boom years of Michigan’s lumbering era, many mill towns were founded practically overnight. Pere Cheney, platted in 1874, was one such town. Today, the ghost town of Pere Cheney exists only on old maps, and only a few gravestones remain to mark what was once the seat of Crawford County.