Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~WEQUETONSING~
"WEQUE"
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1878 ~ The Wequetonsing Association was founded by the Presbyterians, and thus,
called the Presbyterian Resort.
Later, the name was changed to Wequeton, an Indian name meaning "Head of the Bay" ~ Little Traverse Bay.
called the Presbyterian Resort.
Later, the name was changed to Wequeton, an Indian name meaning "Head of the Bay" ~ Little Traverse Bay.
Article Above: Mr. Caskey was the construction person who built the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the Imperial Hotel in Petoskey, and the county building in Harbor Springs... then Little Traverse; among many other area buildings.
See photos on this same web page farther below. |
Wequetonsing Rules
1880
Perry Francis Powers on pages 311-312 in A History of Northern Michigan and Its People wrote: "Wequetonsing, as originally laid out in 1877, comprised eighty acres of land donated by the citizens of Harbor Springs... In the spring of 1878 work began on the grounds, numerous lots were sold and a large boarding-house erected. On July 17, 1878, the grounds were formally dedicated, Hon. Schuyler Colfax delivering his famous address on Abraham Lincoln. The organization was not fully completed until the summer of 1879."
Perry Powers also stated on page 293: "We-que-ton-sing and Bay View are famous summer resort. The beauties of this region have been told in prose and verse by numerous writers who have visited the locality and experienced an ecstasy of delight at what they beheld. The Indian name is We-que-ton-sing, meaning a small bay." On page 313 Powers wrote: "The Indian name of this place was Wa-ba-bi-kang, meaning a white gravelly shore, but the association evidently did not consider this as musical as the one adopted and the founders of Wequetonsing were right."
Wequetonsing was given its FIRST post office on 13 May 1886 with Josiah R. Laforce as its FIRST postmaster. The post office was closed on 29 September 1886, but later reopened 27 May 1887... closing again on 6 June 1957.
Photo Below: Wequetonsing 1887
1889
1890
Band Near Wequetonsing
Band Near Wequetonsing
Grounds between Harbor Springs and Wequetonsing named "Artesia", Michigan
1896
1896
Wequetonsing Encampment
1898
1898
Wequetonsing Dock
1898
1898
The Wequetonsing, Michigan, train station was located about 1.2 miles east of Harbor Springs on the Grand Rapids & Indiana branch to Harbor Springs. A commuter service ran about 10 trains each day through Wequetonsing' station. These "dummy trains"" were sold for scrap after World War I, but were no longer needed anyway because of the rising popularity of the automobile.
Wequetonsing Depot
1893
1893
Wequetonsing Depot
20 August 1899
20 August 1899
Wequetonsing Depot
1898
1898
Photo Below: "Waiting for the 'Dummy Service Train' at We-Que-Ton-Sing in 1900"
Wequetonsing Station Master's Home
1903
1903
Wequetonsing Depot
1913
1913
Train Near Wequetonsing
Article Below: Ethel Rowan Fasquelle was a noted local historian and writer of local history books and articles.
Additional information/photos of Ethel Rowan Fasquelle may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Additional information/photos of Ethel Rowan Fasquelle may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Wequetonsing's Mr. and Mrs. William R. Coleman ~ Noted Philanthropists
Mrs. Sallie Coleman was the "Mother of Little Traverse Hospital."
Mrs. Sallie Coleman was the "Mother of Little Traverse Hospital."
Click HERE for additional information about Sallie and Wm. H. Coleman.
Read more information about Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Ruth Crist on this same web site on the "Bay View" web page by clicking HERE.
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William F. Cappel married
Antonia Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gardner, III of Wequetonsing.
Mr. Cappel led an interesting life including being
the co-founder of the company with the product of Plaid Stamps.
Antonia Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gardner, III of Wequetonsing.
Mr. Cappel led an interesting life including being
the co-founder of the company with the product of Plaid Stamps.
Click HERE to read an article by the Society of Architectural Historians that mentions
the Archway House.