Great Lakes History Log

The Communists of Mason County, Michigan and the 1934 Custer Farmers' Riot


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The Great Depression was especially harsh on the farming community. In Mason County, Michigan, George Casper latched on the communist cause by first running for state representative and then later trying to get farmers to join his political movement. His efforts backfired in 1934 with a riot in the village of Custer. 

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