"Zilwaukie" Traditional Cache
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In 1848, two brothers named Daniel and Solomon Johnson settled an area on the Saginaw River, now known as Zilwaukee. The two brothers from New York constructed a sawmill on the river and quickly needed men to run the fast producing mill. A large German migration was occurring in the United States in the 1840’s, including a large German population center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To attract more local settlers, the Johnson’s named their establishment “Zilwaukie” to confuse the settlers into thinking that they were going to Milwaukee. A number of families subsequently located in Zilwaukie. The settlement began to flourish due to the lumber boom that occurred throughout the State of Michigan in the mid to late 1800’s.
With the lumber industry driving the economy of the area, the residents of the community believed that it was time to separate from the other of the townships in the county. On January 3, 1854 the board of directors established the “Township of Zilwaukie”. Available records indicate the spelling of “Zilwaukie” changed to the current “Zilwaukee” sometime between 1877 and 1896.
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