Gratiot County

County Seat: Ithaca

Origin of Name: Captain Charles Gratiot, who supervised the building of Fort Gratiot near Port Huron.

Set Off: 1831

Organized: 1855

Population in 1990: 38,982

For many counties the number of items listed is quite long. Navigational buttons are located only at the end of the list. This list of material represents the library's holdings as of July 1997. Be sure to check with us for any additional items we may now have either by contacting the library or by pressing the " Centra-Libraries Catalog" link to the left.

Alma Bird's Eye View. Map, 1885.

The Alma Medical and Surgical Sanitarium. n.p., 1886.

Alma, Michigan. [Alma, MI: Chamber of Commerce, 197-].

Alma, Michigan. First State Bank, 1880-1916. [n.p., 1916].

Alma Record. June 5, 1885-January 2, 1890; January 9, 1891-March 18, 1892; December 9-December 30, 1892; January 13, 1893-February 9, 1894; February 23, 1894-December 27, 1928.

Alma Record and Alma Journal. January 3, 1929-December 26, 1963.

The Alma Springs Sanitarium, Alma, Michigan. NY: American Bank Note Co., 1902.

Andrews Magnetic Mineral Springs of St. Louis, Michigan. St. Louis, MI: Woodward and Tierman Printing Co., [1900].

Biographical Memoirs of Gratiot County, Michigan. Chicago, IL: J.H. Beers & Co., 1906.

Bragg, Shirley. David Ward's Holdings in Gratiot County. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Breckenridge Centennial, 1861-1961. The Histories of the Villages of Breckenridge and Wheeler and the Townships of Bethany, Emerson, Lafayette, Porter and Wheeler. Breckenridge, MI: Saginaw Valley Shopper, 1961.

Ceasar, Ford Stevens. Forgotten Communities of Central Michigan; a Study of the Counties of Clinton, Ingham and Gratiot. . . Address. . . Greater Lansing Historical Society, 1963.

Celebration of the Centennial of Bethany Lutheran Indian Cemetery, Located Near St. Louis, Michigan at St. Lorenz Church Grove, Frankenmuth, Michigan. . . September 19, 1948. [n.p., 1948].

The Centennial of the St. Louis Methodist Church: 1856-1956. St. Louis, MI: The Church, 1956.

Daily Record. July 1, 1974-December 31, 1976. (Alma).

Davenport, Louise. Academia on the Pine: The Landmark that was Yerington's College. [Ithaca, MI:] Gratiot County Historical Society, 1981.

De Naples, Arvilla. St. Louis Business Past and Present. St. Louis, MI: De Naples, 1984.

Devereaux, Ezra E. Bad River. Lansing, MI: Wellman Press, 1980.

Elliott, Mary M. A Year of Decision, 1902. Breckenridge, MI: Saginaw Valley Shopper, 1992. (Breckenridge).

Fox, Ethel Louise. History of Gratiot County. [n.p., 1927].

Gratiot County: A Fine Place to Live. Ithaca, MI: County Controller's Office, Gratiot County, [197-].

Gratiot County Herald. March 8, 1889-December 28, 1901; January 3, 1906-December 26, 1918; January 1, 1920-December 25, 1930; January 6, 1938-December 30, 1982.

Gratiot County Pages from the Past. Ithaca, MI: Gratiot County Historical Society. Have: January 1979- June 3, 1981; December 1981; July 1990-March 1994; May-July 1994; November 1994; July 1995-June 1996; August 1996-May 1997.

Gulick, Myron F. Lest We Forget. n.p., 1982. (Gratiot and Saginaw Counties).

Gulick, Myron F. "Lest we Forget." is Dedicated to the History of Mid-Michigan 1800-1983. Breckenridge, MI: Myron Gulick, 1984. (LaFayette).

Healy, George. The Castle on Delaware Hill. St. Louis, MI: 1985. (St. Louis).

Irishtown, Michigan. St. Patrick's Church, Jubilee Journal. . . 1868-1948. [St. Louis, MI: St. Louis Press, 1948].

Industrial Development Manufacturers Record. Alma, Michigan. n.p., 1960.

Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, 1855-1955. [n.p., 1955].

McKellar, Cliff. You Asked for it. n.p., 1980.

McMacken, David, editor. Down Twelve Decades: A Pictorial History of Alma, Michigan. Alma, MI: Alma Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

McMacken, David. The Saratoga of the West: The Story of the Magnetic Mineral Spring and Park Hotel of St. Louis, Michigan. St. Louis, MI: D. McMacken, 1986.

Miessler, Ernst G. Autobiography. . . Missionary Among Chippewa Indians, Gratiot and Isabella Counties, Michigan, 1851-1869. [n.p., n.d.].

Miller, Mrs. Alice Turner. Early Gratiot County, Michigan. The Indian Occupation. Compiled from newspaper clippings, pioneers and from Tucker's History of Gratiot County. [Ithaca, MI: 1956].

Morning Sun. March 5, 1977-April 22, 1977; April 23, 1977-September 30, 1983. (Alma).

O'Boyle, Dan. History of the First Methodist Church: Ithaca, MI. CMU Term Paper, 1973.

100 Years of Worshiping and Serving 1874-1974: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Michigan. St. Louis, MI: The Church, 1974.

Perry, Ellen, editor. 100 Years: St. Louis Centennial, 1853-1953. [St. Louis, MI: St. Louis Centennial Committee, 1953].

Perry, Ellen. Saint Louis, Michigan: The "Middle-of-the-Mitten City." [St. Louis, MI: 1976].

Portrait and Biographical Album of Gratiot County, Michigan. . . Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1884.

The Record. January 2, 1964-December 28, 1967. (Alma).

Record-Leader. January 4, 1968-February 29, 1968; March 4, 1968-December 31, 1970; April 1, 1971- March 4, 1977. (Alma).

The Reminder (Friday Ed.). March 25, 1977-September 24, 1981. (Alma).

Riverdale Promoter. May 13, 1915-April 26, 1945.

Sackett, Irene, comp. 100 Year History of First Methodist Church, Ithaca, Michigan, March 1865-1965. [n.p., 1965].

St. Louis Cooperative Creamery. The Story of Our New Creamery: Highlighting Twenty-five Years of Service. St. Louis, MI: The Creamery, 1940.

Saint Louis Leader. October 22, 1884; January 12, 1922-August 24, 1933.

Saint Louis Leader and Breckenridge American. August 31, 1933-May 13, 1948.

Saint Louis Leader-Press. July 21, 1966-December 28, 1967.

Saint Louis Leader-Press Combined with The Breckenridge American. January 1-December 24, 1953; January 3, 1957-July 14, 1966.

St. Louis, Michigan. [St. Louis, MI: St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, 1975].

Saint Louis Republican. February 19, 1885-February 10, 1886; May 9, 1887.

St. Patrick, Irishtown, 1868-1968. Seville Township, Gratiot County, Michigan. Irishtown, MI: St Patrick Parish, 1968.

Skaryd, Lena. Ashley's First Forty Years. CMU Term Paper, 1973.

Smith, Mildred L. Pioneer Family Promotes Progress: The Building of the Pollasky Block. n.p., 1984. (Alma).

Sumner, Michigan, 1868-1968. Centennial Yearbook. [n.p., 1968].

Tucker, Willard D. Gratiot County, Michigan. Historical, Biographical, Statistical. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters, 1913.