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Gladwin County is located in the
central - northeastern section of Michigan’s lower peninsula.
This county was named in 1831 for British Major Henry Gladwin of
Fort Detroit who led the only fort in the Midwest to withstand
the assaults of Chief Pontiac's 5-month siege in 1763, when
Pontiac resisted the settlement of Michigan and Ohio
The first settlers to the area were Marvel Secord and his family
who in 1861 canoed up the Tittabawassee River to the mouth of
the Sugar River, just a few miles from where the city of Gladwin
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The
county remained untamed until the1880’s, when many lumber towns
were established here because of the thick white pine forests.
Later, oil was discovered near the Beaverton area
Today, Gladwin County’s economy includes auto parts
manufacturing, thermoform, RV manufacturing, wood products,
construction and agriculture. Tourism plays a special role in
Gladwin County’s waterways, with several dams on the
Tittabawassee, Sugar, Tobacco and Cedar rivers creating
opportunities for boating, fishing, canoeing and sightseeing.
The Tittabawassee State Forest to the east, almost a fourth of
the entire county, offers plenty of opportunity for hiking,
hunting and snowmobiling. |
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