Cobmoosa House has new home in Hart Historic District / by Kendra Dirkse. Oceana's Herald-Journal. July 1, 1993. 1987.087

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This devised collection contains a hodge podge of manuscript items, which came to the department separately, but together begin to tell an interesting though incomplete story of Grand Rapids, and its citizens and organizations, over the years.

One of the greatest strengths of the collection is the biographical information, either direct, such as in the Citizens Biographies, or indirect, such as information from a random diary or remembrance.

Some other subseries which seem to be building consistently are the memoriams, histories and ethnic materials.

Dates

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Extent

From the Collection: 15.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Article concerns a later house built by the government in Elbridge Township for Indian Chief Cobmoosa, known as "the Great Walker", 1768-1872, leader of the Ottawa Indians. One of his wives was Chief Noonday's daughter. "He was involved in the Treaty of 1855, which moved Indians in the Lowell and Grand River areas in Kent & Ionia counties to a reservation in Crystal and Elbridge Townships in Oceana County and Eden and Custer Townships in Mason County ..." The house was built by government contractors, as part of the relocation of the Indians, and moved from the Gogola Farm on 144th Ave. to the Hart Historic District site at the time of the article. See other archival collections for images of Cobmoosa.