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Podcast: Tales of Southwest Michigan's Past
Episode: The Pioneer Society of Michigan & How Early Pioneers Survived During the Settlement Years
Description: This episode goes into who The Pioneer Society of Michigan (established in 1784) was and how they organized to preserve the early pioneer history of the territory. Â I also go into one story they preserved about the fate of the first steamboat ever on Lake Erie, called Walk-in-the-Water. Â I cover how this society recorded exactly how the early pioneers survived when they first arrived before they had permanent homes, crops and established themselves on the land. Â Have you ever wonder where they got food during those days? Â A lot of it was survival off the land, but also it was trad...