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	<title>The Spokesrider &#187; Eaton County MI</title>
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		<title>Anna Carpenter Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/anna-carpenter-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article I quoted the 1880 history of Eaton County that said the wife of Edward O. Smith saw a large group of Potawatomi Indians during the Indian removal of 1840, the year before she died. (The county history said she died in 1842, not 1841. I would usually trust the gravestone over <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/anna-carpenter-smith/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bismark Highway</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/bismark-highway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another scene from Sunday&#8217;s ride. A few miles back I had been at Edward O. Smith&#8217;s old farmstead toward the southeast corner of Sunfield Township, Eaton County. I was now on my way to the place where he farmed for one year in 1840, and where his wife had seen a large band of Potawatomi <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/08/01/bismark-highway/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Lucas</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/30/david-lucas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eaton County MI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellevue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1880 county history said that a portion of the Potawatomi people at Bellevue fled north in 1840 when they heard that Gen. Hugh Brady&#8217;s soldiers were coming. My destination for the day was about 20 miles north, in Sunfield Township, where a Mrs. Smith was said to have been surprised and frightened to see <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/30/david-lucas/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brady at Bellevue</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/27/brady-at-bellevue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Battle Creek]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried a different route from the west into Bellevue on Sunday afternoon&#8217;s ride. Then I noticed the name: Brady Road. Was this Brady road named after the Gen. Hugh Brady who was in charge of the roundup of Potawatomi Indians in 1840? A township in Kalamazoo County is named for him &#8212; much of <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/27/brady-at-bellevue/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Peter Kinney place</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/26/the-peter-kinney-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of writing up the story of the apple trees from Thursday&#8217;s bike ride to Girard in Branch County, I&#8217;ve been spending my time planning a Sunday afternoon bike ride in the opposite direction, to Sunfield Township in Eaton County. My main destination is circled in yellow on the map below. This map is from <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/07/26/the-peter-kinney-place/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old bicycle maps</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/05/27/old-bicycle-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 03:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at the phred bicycle touring list, there was a request for an Ordnance Survey map from England. A list member offered one that was published in 1959. I got to thinking that for my bicycle rides, I often look for maps a lot older than that. Sunday afternoon&#8217;s ride was guided in part by <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/05/27/old-bicycle-maps/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Montgomery</title>
		<link>http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/05/26/john-montgomery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eaton County MI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For yesterday&#8217;s bike ride, I looked for a destination in Eaton County. The wind forecast suggested that would be a good direction. I searched the county histories, and came up with a Black Hawk anecdote that was new to me. From the 1880 history of Eaton County, page 477, is the following material (which seems <a href='http://www.spokesrider.com/2008/05/26/john-montgomery/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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