Calvin crater

Calvin Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,037 at the 2010 census.

Simonton Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,678 at the 2010 census.

Cassopolis Ross Beatty High School is a public high school in Cassopolis, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Cassopolis Public Schools district.

Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 51,589. Its county seat is Cassopolis.Cass County is included in the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a total population of 316,663 and is considered part of the Michiana region.

Vandalia is a village in Penn Township within Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 301 at the 2010 census. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area sometimes referred to as Michiana.

The Pioneer Log Cabin Museum is a historical log cabin located in Cassopolis, Michigan, built in 1923. It was originally conceived as a temporary structure for the Pioneer Day Picnic by Charles Harmon, then Secretary of the Cass County Pioneer Society. 146 logs of various species were hauled on April 4, 1923, and construction began on May 23. Children were given the day off of school, and the Cassopolis Military band led a parade down South Broadway Street to Stone Lake, where the cabin was to be sited. A crew of forty six built the cabin. Each log had a serial number painted on the end which corresponded to the donor list. The cabin was dedicated on Pioneer Day: June 20, 1923. Members of the community made furniture and donated relics and memorabilia to furnish the log cabin. Andirons, crane and lug hooks were donated for the fireplace. A museum collection located in the lobby of the court house was moved to the log cabin and incorporated into the display there. The museum opened on June 18, 1924. The cabin consists of two stories 18 ft × 26 ft (5.5 m × 7.9 m) with a 1+1⁄2-story wing of the same dimensions. It has a cement floor downstairs. The front porch is 18 ft × 22 ft (5.5 m × 6.7 m) and has a second story wood floor. When built, the cabin had a back porch 8 ft × 42 ft (2.4 m × 12.8 m) overlooking Stone Lake. In June 1924 to pay off the debt for the museum, Charles Harmon arranged to sell "lots" on the cabin grounds for $1.00 each. This is equivalent to $17.00 in present-day terms. Each "souvenir lot" was 1 ft × 3 ft (30 cm × 91 cm), and donated back to the Pioneer Society. During 1972–1973, a 20 ft × 40 ft (6.1 m × 12.2 m) room was built on the rear of cabin, replacing the porch. The addition was used to provide more display area for the memorabilia and artifacts. Today, support is provided by donations from visitors, the museum gift shop, the Cassopolis, Michigan Chamber of Commerce and local government.(1)

Jefferson Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,541 at the 2010 census.

Cassopolis ( kə-SAH-pə-liss) is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Cass County. It is located mostly in LaGrange Township with a small portion extending east into Penn Township. The village and county are named after statesman Lewis Cass, a New Hampshire native and a prominent U.S. senator from Michigan prior to the American Civil War. Diamond Lake, one of the 100 largest inland lakes in Michigan, is located in Cassopolis. Cassopolis is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area sometimes referred to as Michiana. The population was 1,774 at the 2010 census. Cassopolis was platted by European Americans in 1831. It had already been designated the county seat by that point. It was incorporated as a village in 1863. The county developed farming and some industry. Cassopolis was a transit point on the Underground Railroad, by which sympathizers aided refugee slaves from the South to gain freedom in the North and in Canada. Some refugees continued through Michigan to settle in Canada in order to avoid risk under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which increased incentives for capture. However the 1850s also saw the settlement of many African-Americans and people of mixed African-American and Sapponi and Pumenkey ancestry in Cass County. In the 1960s, a group of African Americans connected to the Nation of Islam acquired some 1,000 acres of farmland in the area. Work on this acquisition was overseen by a man who had graduated from Cassopolis High.

Osolo Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 28,032.

Ontwa Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,549 at the 2010 census.

Penn Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,774 at the 2010 census.Penn Township is the location of the Bonine House, a lookout post on the Underground Railroad, on the corner of M-60 and Penn Road. Vandalia, located within Penn Township, also was affiliated with the Underground Railroad.

Rainbow Farm was a pro-marijuana campground in Newberg Township, Cass County, Michigan, United States, that was involved in a fatal police standoff on September 3, 2001. The campground was run by Tom Crosslin and his life partner Rolland “Rollie” Rohm and was home to two annual festivals, "HempAid" and "Roach Roast", which ran from 1996 through 2001. The operation ended with the burning down of all the structures on the property and the deaths of both Crosslin and Rohm.