Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Channing, Dickinson County: this village in Sagola Township began as a railroad junction called Ford Siding, with Michael Aylward as its first railroad agent; given a post office as Channing, for John Parke Channing, a mining engineer surveying the area; Horace W. Bent became its first postmaster on Dec. 7, 1892 (Harry T. Dransfield, PM) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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WEASEL BITS A MAIL CLERK AT CHANNING CHANNING, Mich., Feb. 23--Sleeping in a mail car here, John McKelvie, a mail clerk on the C.M. & St. P. Railroad, was attacked last night by a weasel. The animal bit the man in the arm, and caused a severe wound. The weasel had been shipped by express and had escaped several days previously. It has not been recaptured. --Duluth News-Tribune, February 24, 1911 STATE POLICE SENT TO CHANNING, MICH. Lansing, Aug. 15--A small detachment of state police, from the police pose at Negaunee, was ordered to Channing by Governor Groesbeck, last night. One man was reported wounded in disorders in connection with the railroad strike in Channing, Sunday. --Jackson Citizen Patriot, August 15, 1922
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