This episode goes into who The Pioneer Society of Michigan (established in 1784) was and how they organized to preserve the early pioneer history of the territory.  I also go into one story they preserved about the fate of the first steamboat ever on Lake Erie, called Walk-in-the-Water.  I cover how this society recorded exactly how the early pioneers survived when they first arrived before they had permanent homes, crops and established themselves on the land.  Have you ever wonder where they got food during those days?  A lot of it was survival off the land, but also it was trading the Native American population who had already had a 500+ year history trading with the French.  It is a fascinating history.

The Pioneer Society of Michigan collected information from all the early established counties, and wrote personal histories on many of the early pioneers that settled these areas, which I plan to feature several of these profiles in future episodes.

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