Granger Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place

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Granger Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place

The ground before the town, the peoples of the upland, the streams, and the whole story of Granger.

Origins

§ 17Granger Before the Town: The Ground Before the PlaceBefore Granger was a name it was a ground: the upland between the St. Joseph River's north bend and the Michigan state line, in what is now Harris Township and the eastern strip of Clay Township, St. Joseph County…15 entry pages § 18The Land at Granger: Ice, Prairie, Cession and the Farm MapGranger was never platted. No proprietor ever filed a town on this ground, no dedication ever gathered its lots into a corporation, and so its land record is not a plat book but the older and larger record underneath…13 entry pages § 19The Native Nations of Granger: The Peoples of the UplandGranger's tribal record begins with a refusal, and this section keeps it. The ground of the census-designated place — the Harris Prairie upland in Clay and Harris townships, between the St. Joseph River's north bend and…16 entry pages § 67The Rivers and Streams of GrangerThe river that names this county never touches Granger. The St. Joseph River runs south of the CDP, through Mishawaka and South Bend, and Granger's share of it is a basin, not a bank: the ground drains to it through…6 entry pages § 01The Story of Granger: From Harris Prairie to the Present DayGranger is a place the census counts but no charter creates. It has no mayor, no council, no city hall, and it never has: Indiana law knows cities and towns as municipalities, and Granger is neither — it is a…23 entry pages

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Source: Granger Origins: The Land, the Peoples and the Story of the Place, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/granger/topics/origins/

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