Two Towns in Northern Michigan That Were on the Brink of WAR?!?!?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- It was after the Civil War and northern Michigan was growing rapidly thanks to railroads. As counties in the state formed, so did tensions around the politics of each county. This is a story about Manton and Cadillac who squared off to fight over where the county seat would be located.
It is an obscure story that is a interesting, a little surprising and amusing.
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I'm going to assume the broom handle was broken over someone's dome. I used to salmon fish on the Manistee. I would walk down to the river at a place called the Udell Rollaway off M-55. It's a beautiful park, with an awesome boardwalk going down to the river. The location got its name from the logging that went on in the 1800's. I guess they would roll the lumber down the hills into the river. I had a few swings with the metal detector and found an old axe head and horseshoe. I love the high-quality informative content from this channel. I've discovered so many things about Michigan that I had no idea about.
Better than the,"Bates Motel." Wink...
Thank you for another wonderful story of the people places and things of this beautiful state we call home!
Thanks much!
Thanks for sharing this history. GREAT animation. Love it!
I might be biased because I was born and raised in Manton. But, I believe the Manton side. There is a plaque in town that talks of the battle of Manton
Grew up in Manton, currently live in Cadillac. My mother was even the township supervisor of Greenwood, out by high roll away. Good video, thanks for the coverage!
I've been living in Cadillac for a few years now and I never knew about this bit of history, thanks for shining some light on Nothern Michigan!
Your vintage image of Cadillac near the beginning was taken at Maple Hill Cemetery. I highly recommend a visit to that cemetery if you ever get a chance. A few of the Cadillac-area lumber barons are burred there and their gravemarkers are really cool (and big!).
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Thanks for the great history lesson! Enjoyed it thoroughly!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have read that the downtown area of Cadillac was built on a large Indian burial ground and the bones from these natives were scattered all over that area. Your building is looking great Viking. :)
Thanks Jay!
🎺 Lost It at the Brass Band ...
Pure Michigan ! 🤣
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Great story telling.
Just drove through Cadillac on my way to Lake Ann! First time my oldest saw "so much snow" and people ice fishing!
Great storey, always enjoy the videos and history lessons!
Chuck! Man, I love watching your videos so much that I didn't even realize until halfway through that you didn't even go anywhere and that I was watching a cartoon. Great history lesson as always. Thanks for the adventures.
🤣😂🤣 Top comment this week!!
Lol nice story on our Michigan history. You should look into Petoskey history, lol. The main street used to be where the train tracks are now. If you look down the tracks near the courthouse, the storefronts face the tracks. According to my great-grandfather who owned businesses there. The railroad wanted to run the tracks down through the main street and the sheriff said no. Well, I guess the railroad waited until the sheriff went on a fishing trip and laid the tracks down overnight and he couldn't do anything after they were down.
LOL. Interesting. . .
Oh my... A fait accompli!
Loved every minute. A piece of storytelling art Mr. Restless Viking.
And then KISS arrived in Cadillac and played "Rock and Roll All Nite" and they all lived happily ever after.
😂😂😂 I think there is a modern historic marker there now for the KISS visit. And it looks like a modern grave stone. LOL.
So did Mantonites and Cadillacites kiss and made up???
Interesting Story!
My Grandparents had A Cabin in Cadillac on Lake Mitchell, so that's what drew me into this video.
I Subscribed, I like what you have going on here, Great Michigan Information!
What an interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Loved this as a Cadillac Native. Love you through and research into the videos .
Fascinating story chuck 🤔
Awesome production 👏! Everyone should have an accompanied brass band ... so civilized.
Agreed!! I've been thinking the same thing!
An informative tid- bit of Michigan history
Good story!
Man I really love your videos it would be so cool if you would do one on each county of Michigan I live in oceana county my family has been here here since the early 1800s
That is a tall order Jonathon! LOL.
I live in manton present day. Cool history. Thanks
Manton is a neat little town.
This was a riot! SO WELL DONE!
Thanks Chuck for for rolling out the Band in this Great Adventure :) 🎉🎷🥁🎺
😂😂😀 I loved the brass band coming on the adventure!
Thank You for getting back with me stay well :)@@RestlessViking
Whats crazy is they were able to turn around the train so quickly.
My step- grandmother lived in Manton for awhile. Her name was Ramona LaFontaine. Is that name familiar to anyone who is watching this?
Nope
Another great video Chuck ! Love this history lesson and nice format. Think I've seen you around my neck of the woods..Rockford
Thanks Bud! I’ve spent some time there in Rockford and surrounding. . .
Thanks for another great video history. Appreciate your efforts
Thanks!
I have a story to go with the Battle of Toledo. 🙂
I know you posted this apparently a year ago, but I just now watched it for the first time. I'm a born and raised Yooper living below the bridge now for a while and never heard this story. I can't stop laughing (not about the real injuries incurred from this incident, of course)! This story should be made into a movie. It would be golden!🤣
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This is awesome. Well done! As my Dad grew up in Tustin, just south of Cadillac, I will have to ask him if he knows the story. If not, it will be fun to share it.
Thanks John!
The animation really helps this story 👍🏼
Excellent! I hoped it would.
Good Job, always love your content
Thanks Nicholas!
Boy I am glad that got this resolved . Im about to move to Manton and I dont have the money for a tank.
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Dated a gal
From Cadillac
She was wonderful, Amy during the eighties of course best Decade ever when I was getting my Master Degree from WMU Kalamazoo friendliest City
My kids say Best Decade Ever and you lived it Dad they are so envious
And it was!!!
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😅 What a story, and I sure enjoyed the animation! Based on this, I won't ever buy a Caddie! 😎✌️
😂😂Thanks! Caddie's aren't so bad, but they aren't my style.
Ha! Those little Mantonites could not play with us mighty Cadillicans!!
I lived in both towns for a few years
I'm from Kalkaska and I've never heard of this.
This happen hundreds of time as each State as the country expanded West. Many times these tension were eventual settle peacefully by compromises. It why some Counties in Michigan have dual County Seats. With certain government functions are based in city, while others are at the other.
I seem to remember an episode of the TV series Bat Masterson where Bat was involved in a similar event in Kansas.
A similar thing happened in Iron County in the U.P.. Records were stolen during the night.
I never heard this before. Love it 😂🤙
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Dude we need to get you into the right youtube algorithm. Too low of a sub count for such high quality of videos.
Extremely nice of you to say! Admittedly, it is fun and the algorithm comes second, but it will catch someday. . .
Could this be, wait for it, "the battle of Manton?" ;-)
Me and my wife loved this! We recently moved to the Cadillac area. Just curious what part of Michigan you are in?
We are in the Lowell area, east of Grand Rapids.
@@RestlessViking we know the area!
Very interesting.
Thank you much.
Thanks for watching!
🤣 Detroit news called Cadillac the most wicked town in the Midwest 😂. Oh boy how the tables & wheels of the assembly line have turned! 😂
Bones have been found near the lakes not downtown
And axe handles C there is a monument in park by Manton
What happened to the dog man?
Restless Viking guy, you are great in your story and with the cartoon characters. You have any stories of Indian River, Petoskey, Harbor Springs area. On 9&10 News they did a two part story on TH-cam about a Catholic school for Native American Indian kids in Harbor Springs that were abused by the Nuns of the school. Verbal, physical, and sexual abuse on these kids was and is no place in society anywhere.
Lol. Great story!
Very Good!
I mentioned this about 2 years ago in comments on a C post .
Glad some investigated more.
Great story. I enjoyed hearing it. I don't have a county seat in this fight, but lawful channels should always be tried and conceded. And whatever claim Cadillac had over the records and safes, they had other avenues to getting them without resorting to an armed mob. (Whether or not they were liquored up. They did admit to bringing booze on the train.) Michigan was a state, so Cadillac could have sought relief without sneaking in and stealing them or committing violence. I say we settle this with a hopscotch battle between highest ranking town officials. In public.
Hopscotch battle would have been epic!
Sounds more like keystone cops.
I think Manton woulda beat Cadillac.
😊 *PromoSM*
Reality is stranger than fiction. Er, excluding "reality" TV anyhoo, eh?
Restless Viking - you & Poppins need to explore the mysterous House of David down in Benton Harbor, Michigan
You probably know something about it ?
Beyond fascinating if not.
But you could do 30-40 videos on it alone.
Although much has been done - there is still much to explore and tell the World - and you guys and your channel could elevate the story even more.
I believe it was broken-up - ONLY because it represented a socio-economic model at that time - that theatened capitalism
We have some ideas for HOD and will probably work on a project this summer. Our videos take a huge amount of research, so things take a little time.