CONTENTS:

Part 1
  THE PIONEER ERA
  MAKING PROGRESS
  PAST AND PRESENT
  THE PIONEERS WE HONOR
  SETTLEMENTS IN MICHIGAN
  PREPARATORY
  GENESIS OF "THE UNION COLONY"
  NAMES OF THE COLONISTS
  CONSIDERATIONS
  THE PROSPECTING PARTY
  PLANTING THE COLONY
  THE VILLAGE PLAT
  THE FIRST BLOWS STRUCK
  EARLY EXPERIENCE AND GROWTH

Part 2
  GETTING IN AND OUT
  A WOLFISH SERENADE
  THE PIONEER SPIRIT
  ORGANIZING THE CHURCH
  THE SCHOOL AND ACADEMY
  ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP
  IMMIGRATION
  REMINISCENT
  THE INDIANS
  WILD GAME AND A BEAR HUNT
  A BEAR HUNT
  OTHER BEAR INCIDENTS

Part 3
  A WONDERFUL CHANGE
  THE LOST BOY INCIDENT
  POLITICS OF THE COLONISTS
  THE ANTI-SLAVERY BIBLE
  THE CIVIL WAR
  FIRST STORE AND MERCHANTS
  PHYSICIANS

Part 4
  THE CHURCH AND THE MINISTERS
  CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND TRIALS
  THE SLAVERY QUESTION
  AN ENOCH ARDEN CASE
  NEWSPAPERS
  GENERAL REMARKS
  PERSONAL

Part 5
  PERSONAL SKETCHES OF THE COLONISTS
  EDWARD HINMAN BARBER
  DANIEL BARBER
  GEORGE SHEFFIELD BROWNING
  SIMON SMITH CHURCH
  WILLARD DAVIS
  OREN DICKINSON
  ROGER W GRISWOLD
  JAY HAWKINS
  WELLS ROE MARTIN
  SIMEON McCOTTER
  HIRAM J MEARS
  WAIT J SQUIRE
  LUCY HAMILTON DWIGHT
  OTHER COLONISTS
  THE MICHIGAN PIONEERS