Manistee County Place Names - Students create artistic renditions of their hometowns depicting the origins of their town names.
Manistee - an Indian name meaning "wind blowing through the trees". Onekama - Indian name for "a place of great beauty" Arcadia - Greek for "beautiful valley" Bear Lake - Russell Smith named this town for the lake that was shaped like a bear.
Manistee - an Indian name meaning "wind blowing through the trees".
Onekama - Indian name for "a place of great beauty"
Arcadia - Greek for "beautiful valley"
Bear Lake - Russell Smith named this town for the lake that was shaped like a bear.
Brethren - Samuel Thorpe, a German minister, named this town. Kaleva - Finnish settlers named this town after the epic poem, the Kalevala, a story about the Finnish people's desire for freedom. Wellston - Named for Adelmer Wells, the town's first postmaster
Brethren - Samuel Thorpe, a German minister, named this town.
Kaleva - Finnish settlers named this town after the epic poem, the Kalevala, a story about the Finnish people's desire for freedom.
Wellston - Named for Adelmer Wells, the town's first postmaster
Mrs. Eichberger's Pages for 2008-2009
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