From the book "MICHIGAN PLACE NAMES: The History of the Founding and the
Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities" by
Walter Romig, LHD, Wayne State University Press, Detroit 1986 :
PRAIRIE RONDE, Cass County: Richard J. Huyck became the first postmaster of
the rural post office of Little Prairie Ronde on November 1, 1837; the
Westfield post office was changed to Prairie Ronde on January 31, 1846, and
operated until June 17, 1862; the Little Prairie Ronde post office was
changed to Prairie Ronde on August 6, 1901, and operated until December 14,
1913 [PO Archives]/
PRAIRIE RONDE, Kalamazoo County. See Schoolcraft.
PRAIRIE RONDE VILLAGE, Cass County; this tract of six square miles was
reserved by the Pottawattomi Indians in the Treaty of Chicago, 1821, but
their claim to the land was exhausted in 1836 [Fox].
SCHOOLCRAFT, Kalamazoo County: the village was founded and platted by Lucius
Lyon, a surveyor; he recorded the plat in 1831 and named it for his friend
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Michigan's Indian agent; it was given a post office
as Prairie Ronde on June 28, 1830 with George Brown as its first postmaster,
being renamed Schoolcraft on June 8, 1832; incorporated as a village in 1866
[Charles F. Crawford,PM, Mich Hist 31:30 1947]
Hope this helps.
Sue Perry
Ann Arbor, Michigan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Campbell" <katgcamp(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <MIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 10:34 AM
Subject: Little Prairie Round
Can anyone tell me if there is a place named "Little Prairie
Round" in
Michigan???? I just found it mentioned in some information I have on the
Sackett family.
Thank you.
Kathy
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