1890 - Flushing Train Depot
Supporting Documents

In this section you will find the images, maps and tables used within the video. There are also a few assets that were not used within the video but are related to the subject matter.

Flushing originated as a mill town in the mid-1830s. Its location along the Flint River was a decisive factor in its settlement.

The wildcat Flint Rapids Bank notes with Jerome’s signature.

Flushing Train Depot 1890. Today is home to the Flushing Area Historical Museum.

Lewis Cass, the 18th Governor of Michigan.

Before Michigan could become a State President Jackson had to settle a dispute over a strip of land in the south of the Territory of Michigan.

Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States.

David Howell Jerome. Michigan’s 18th Governor and brother of one of Flushing’s earliest settlers.

German newspaper advertisement promoting Michigan as an ideal place to live.

Durand, MI. Grand Trunk Depot in 1904

Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots. Temperance evangelist and early women’s suffrage campaigner.

Cornelia Moots Biography

Owosso Times newspaper article mentioning the confusion over the Flushing railroad route.

Newspaper article about Mrs. Moots and her appointment to the WCTU in the Philippines.

Women of Michigan (Saginaw) suffrage leaflet.

Women of Michigan suffrage newspaper clipping.

Michigan suffrage parade in Battle Creek Michigan. 1914

Native Americans on a bluff overlooking a railroad.

Joe Gage, boxer, opera singer, barber, fire chief, and so much more

Joe Gage and the Flushing Fire Department

Michigan population growth 1800-1900

Further Research Materials

1876 Railroad Map of Michigan prepared for the Commissioner of Railroads.

History of Genesee County – 1879. A searchable journal of life in the mid-Michigan county at the end of the 19th Century. There is plenty of information regarding the Village of Flushing. Search for “Flushing”.

Atlas of Genesee County, Michigan – 1889. A very early atlas containing maps of every township in the county, with village and city plats from actual surveys and official records.

Biographical History of Genesee County – 1908. A searchable history of Genesee County from the start of the 20th Century.

Michigan Railroad History 1825 – Present. Published by the State of Michigan.

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