Town name: Harrison
Year founded: 1879
2020 population: 2150
City, village or unincorporated? City
Major industries: Tourism
Town history:
Harrison was first designated as the new centralized location of the county seat of Clare County in 1877. It would become a replacement for Farwell, which was the first county seat when Clare County was formally organized in 1871. The Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad platted the village in 1879 and set aside property for a new county government after the previous courthouse in Farwell burned down. The Harrison post office opened on January 27, 1880 and was named after former president William Henry Harrison. The new community incorporated as a village in 1885 and later as a city in 1891.
Cache description: Container is a pill bottle that is hidden in the park along Budd Lake. Use stealth.
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