Mound-Builders / 17
Large Cities / 20
Indians / 21
Manners and Customs / 22
European Possession / 24
Detroit / 27
National Policies / 30
Ordinance of 1787 / 34
French and Indian War / 39
Massacre at Michillimackinac / 41
Seige of Detroit / 44
American Revolution / 46
Tecumseh / 50
Okemos / 56
Hull's Surrender / 57
Perry's Victory / 58
Close of the War / 60
Political / 62
Administration of Gen. Cass / 65
Administration of Geo. B. Porter / 73
The "Toledo War" / 76
Administration of Gov. Horner / 79
Michigan as a State / 80
Administration of the State Govenors / 82
War of the Rebellion / 88
Public School System / 88
State University / 
State Normal School / 
Agricultural College / 90
Other Colleges / 94
Charitable Institutions / 94
State Public School / 94
State Reform School / 95
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and
     the Blind / 96
Asylum for the Insane, at Kalamazoo / 96
Asylum for the Insance, at Pontiac / 97
Penal Institutions / 97
State Agricultural Society / 98
Pomological Society / 98
State Fisheries / 98
State Firemen's Association / 99
State Board of Public Health / 99
State Land Office / 100
State Library / 100
Banks / 101
Geology / 107
Newspapers / 108
Population / 108
State Officers / 109
Topography / 111
Retrospective / 111

Introduction / 115

GEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, etc. / 117

Geological Formations / 117
Michigan Salt Groups / 120
Gypsum / 125
Archaeology / 125
Sepulchers of the Sanks / 130
Latitude and Longitude / 134
Summits / 134
Rainfall / 135
Original Name of the Valley / 135

INDIANS / 137

Early Explorers / 138
Annihilation of the Sauks / 139
Pontiac's Visit to the Valley / 142
The Ottawas and Pottawatomies / 142
The Indian Dead / 144
Legend of the Lone Tree / 146
Indian Payment Day in the Old Times / 147
Sentence and Execution / 148

WELL-REMEMBERED SAVAGES / 152

TREATIES WITH THE INDIANS / 161

How the Treaties Were Carried Out / 169
Arrival of Leonard Slater / 176
End of the Indian Mission / 180

PIONEERS OF KENT / 183

First French Settlers / 183
Other American Pioneers / 189
"Oh, Bright were the 
     Hopes of the Young Pioneer" / 208

PIONEER REMINISCENCES / 210

Rix Robinson's Supremacies / 210
The Kaw-wa-schauay-bee-schid / 211
The Eastern Man and the Bear / 212
Tom Lewis' Pranks / 213
Geo. Coggeshall / 214
Postal Changes in 1840 / 215
Proscribing the Winds / 215
Louis Campau on the Modern City / 216
Death of Peleg Barlow / 217
The Immigrants / 218
The Ovidians / 219
Indian Tramps / 220
Whisky in the Rocking Chair / 220
That Goin' to Mill / 220
McNaughton's Stage / 223
Kent Pioneers in Ottawa / 223
The Indian Girls' Reprieve / 225
Campau's First Buggy / 225
Almost Equal Terms / 226
Visitors at Kalamazoo / 226
To the Rescue / 227
The Recollections of a Pioneer / 228
Early Catholic Missions / 229
The Boynton Settlement / 236
To Kalamazoo and Return / 236
The Gulf Prarie Wolf / 237
The Indian's Victim / 237
The Unknown Traveler / 238
The Old Grist-Mill / 238
If Bruin Only Knew It / 241
The Conquest of Difficulty / 241
Men and Wolves of 1845 / 242
The Tornado of 1836 / 242
Vicissitudes of a Day's Travel / 243
The Celtic Postmaster / 243

THE OLD RESIDENTS' SOCIETY / 247

Organization / 247
First Roll of Members / 249
Reorganization / 250
Meetings / 250-254
Acts of the Association, 1879-'81 / 254
Roll of Members, 1871'-81 / 200-266
"I am Almost There" / 266
Junior Old Settlers' Association / 267
Junior Roll of Charter Members / 268

EVIDENCES OF EARLY PROGRESS / 273

Salt Manufacture / 274
Boats / 279
Water-Power / 280

ORGANIC / 283

Other Acts of Organization, etc. / 291
Acts of the Supervisors / 292
The Court-House Square / 293
Growth of the Supervisors' Board / 297
Financial Condition of the County / 298
Growth Shown by Population / 301
Public Highways / 303
Railroads / 304

THE COURTS AND BAR / 305

Murder of Nega / 306
Murder of Dr. Kerney / 310
Murder of Barber / 310
Murder of James Crawford / 313
Trottier's Cheese / 314
First Lawyers of the County / 314
Primitive Justice Courts / 316
Bar Association / 317
Present Bar / 318

POLITICAL HISTORY / 320

Congressional and State Elections / 321
Early County Officials / 324
Board of County Commissioners / 325
Board of Supervisors / 325
Election Returns / 326
Election in 1881 / 343

KENT COUNTY IN THE WAR / 345

The First War Meeting / 346
The 1st Engineers and Mechanics / 350
Regiments, in Order / 350-400
List of Casualties / 403
Buried in This County / 411

THE COUNTY PRESS / 414

Grand River Times / 415
Young Hickory / 416
Grand Rapids Eagle / 416
The Daily Eagle / 417
The Democrat / 422
Daily Herald / 427
Grand Rapids Press / 427
The Young Wolverine / 427
Great Western Journal / 427
The Daily Times / 428
Saturday Evening Post / 429
The Leader / 429
The Pioneer / 431
Michigan Staats Zeitung / 432
De Standaard / 433
Vrijheids Banier / 433
Lowell Journal / 434
Cedar Springs Clipper / 435
Rockford Weekly Register / 439
Kent County Herald / 440
Sand Lake Weekly Enterprise / 440

MISCELLANEOUS / 442

Agriculture and Horticulture / 442
Banks and Bankers / 457
Educational / 462
Kent Scientific Institute / 464
Medical / 464
The County Grange / 470
Minor Items, 1841-'81 / 471
Retrospect / 485 

Introductory / 794
First American Settlers / 800
Reminiscences of John Ball / 809
First Plats of the Village / 824
Organic / 829
Charter Election / 829
Village Trustees / 830
Mayors and Aldermen to 1881 / 831
Other Officers / 833
Fire Department / 834
Water Works / 836
Police / 840
Hotels / 841
Postoffices / 842
Statistics of Property / 844
Population / 845
Highways / 845
Schools / 846
Teachers for 1881 / 854
Expenses for 1881-'2 / 857
City Library / 858 

CHURCHES

Baptist / 858
Catholic / 864
Methodist Episcopal / 869
Wesleyan Methodist / 872
Congregational / 872
Protestant Episcopal / 880
Lutheran and Reformed / 883
Presbyterian / 888
Swedenborgian / 889
Universalist / 889
Jewish / 890

MANUFACTURES / 909

Furniture / 915
Wood / 919
Carriages and Wagons / 921
Agricultural Implements / 922
Lumber / 923
Machine Shops and Foundries / 925
Cracker Factories / 927
Mills, Flour and Plaster / 928
Breweries / 933
Stone Works / 935
Miscellaneous / 935
New Companies / 937