Local History

Daniel Reeder built the first log cabin beside Muskrat (now Missaukee) Lake in 1868 and he became the first postmaster of Reeder on January 22, 1872.  By a one vote margin it was chosen the site of the county seat in 1873.  A station on the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, it was renamed Lake City on January 25, 1877.  Platted and incorporated as a village in 1889 and as a city in 1932.

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

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