Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Waucedah, Dickinson County: it began as an iron mining settlement named Breen after the mine discovered in 1866 and opened in 1871 by Thomas and Bently Breen; a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad; David R. Gifford became the first postmaster of Waucedah, Indian for over there, on June 26, 1877, the office operating until April 15, 1942 (Sawyer, GSM 1881; PO Archive) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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