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Podcast: Michigan Minute
Episode: Ontonagon's Founding & Willcox's Medal of Honor | Jan 13
Description: On this day in 1854, Jim Paul registered the plot of land that would become Ontonagon, though he failed to secure the title. In 1862, Gov. Austin Blair approved a resolution to assist in the exchange of prisoners of war, focusing on Colonel Orlando B. Willcox, who was later promoted and awarded the Medal of Honor.