Heritage through our Ancestors

French, Zerah and George French, Big Rapids, Cheboygan, and Saugatuck

Golf Courses

Cheboygan Golf & Country Club

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Aloha State Park

Cheboygan State Park

Local History

In 1844, Jacob Sammons (1804-1859), a cooper from Fort Mackinac, set out in his scow to seek his fortune on a site of his own.  He chose this old Indian camping ground (Shabwegan, they had called it), built his cabin, plied his trade and recruited other settlers and craftsmen.  

Given a post office as Duncan in 1846, changed to Cheboygan in 1870.  Incorporated as a village in 1871 and as a city in 1889.

The Chippewas were also called Cehboys and the term gan meant water, so Cheboygan may mean Chippewa Water, namely the river which now bears that name and from which the county and the city took their name.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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