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Michigan's 83 county names reflect our state's rich, complicated past, informed by everything from political flattery to the languages spoken here long before English was. It's said that Mecosta was among the Odawa and Ojibway representatives who traveled to Washington to sign the the Treaty of 1836, which ceded nearly 14 million acres in the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern U.P. — comprising 40 percent of Michigan's current land. This is fascinating. Michigan has a Bates Motel with a ‘Psycho’-themed room you can stay overnight in. Good luck taking a shower. Don't forget to bring Mother. How cool. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced Monday that three different schooners - The Dot, The Frank W. Wheeler and The Michigan - were discovered near Grand Marais in the Upper Peninsula. Slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the colors last. If you've never driven all the way up to the U.P. during peak fall color, you're missing out on a level of groovy only a Yooper county road can provide. MLive All Digital Access Start Today at $120 $60 MLive All Digital Access Start Today at $120 $60 EVEN MORE LOVABLE MICHIGAN For those who love Michigan, positive stories about our state's most beautiful, breathtaking and delicious |