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The Petoskey stone and the city were named after Chief Ignatius Petosega ( 1787 – 1885 ), who founded the community.
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Petoskey and stone
Agatized coral is often referred to as Petoskey stone or agate.
A Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata.
Petoskey is also famous for a high concentration of Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan.
File: The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis-Petoskey stone. jpg | Petoskey stone found in the area which is named after the town.
Unpolished Petoskey stone with: Centimeter | cm scale.
A Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata.
A polished Petoskey stone
Similar fossil corals occur in a variety of locations, however the name Petoskey stone should only be applied to those from Michigan.
** Michigan state stone: Petoskey stone
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Petoskey and city
US 131 connects the city with US 31 at Petoskey, about to the north and M-32 about to the south ( which connects with I-75 at Gaylord, to the east ).
Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the U. S. state of Michigan.
The city of Petoskey, Michigan, is also named after him, and is the center of the area where the stones are found.
The settlers christened the newborn city Petoskey, an anglicized form of Petosegay.
It is located in Bear Creek Township, Emmet County on Little Traverse Bay and abuts the east side of the city of Petoskey along U. S. Highway 31.
Petoskey and were
At Petoskey, Michigan in 1878, 50, 000 birds were killed each day for nearly five months.
No provisions for official relocation were authorized, although Harbor Springs served as the unofficial county seat until April 1902, when the present county seat of Petoskey was selected in a county-wide election.
Petoskey was also the location where 50, 000 passenger pigeon birds were killed each day in the late 19th century, prior to their complete extinction in the early 20th century.
Historically, the Northern Arrow and other rail lines provided passenger traffic to Petoskey and Bay View, Michigan from as far as Chicago and St. Louis, but these were discontinued in the late 20th century.
Petoskey and after
In October 2007, Arbitron announced that the Spring 2007 ratings for the Traverse City / Petoskey radio market would be reissued after they discovered diaries had been returned from " media affiliated households.
Petoskey and –
* Little Traverse Bay Indian Reservation, Michigan (" Wequetonsing " ( Wiikwedoonsing )) – Charlevoix, Cross Village, Harbor Springs / L ' Arbre Croche (" Waganakisi " ( Waaganaakizi )), Middle Village, Petoskey
* is a primary north – south highway that is a freeway from Manton southwards ; north of the freeway terminus, the highway is mostly two lanes, connecting Kalkaska, Mancelona, and ending at US 31 in Petoskey.
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Petoskey and ),
The name " Petoskey " is said to mean " where the light shines through the clouds " in the language of the Odawa Indians ( Little Traverse Bay Band ), who are the original inhabitants.
* Bay Harbor Golf Club ( Links Course ), Petoskey, Michigan
Today the GLC operates former Ann Arbor track from Osmer to Yuma, Michigan ( just west of Cadillac ), former PRR from Cadillac to Petoskey and Walton to Traverse City, former C & O from Grawn to Williamsburg, former NYC from Owosso to Fergus, and former Grand Trunk Western from Ashley to Middleton.
Petoskey and who
Petoskey and the surrounding area are notable for being the setting of several of the Nick Adams stories by Ernest Hemingway, who spent his childhood summers on nearby Walloon Lake, as well as being the place where for Calliope, the protagonist of Jeffrey Eugenides ' Middlesex, events take a severe and lasting turn.
Petoskey and community
* Bay Shore is a small, unincorporated community on U. S. Highway 31 between Charlevoix and Petoskey.
* Bay View is a small resort community just east of Petoskey providing educational programs in conjunction with the United Methodist Church.
North Central Michigan College ( NCMC ) is Michigan's 12th community college ; it was established in 1958 in Petoskey, Michigan.
Petoskey and .
The freeway continues southerly toward Big Rapids and Grand Rapids and northerly toward Manton before transitioning to a two-lane highway for the remainder of the distance to Petoskey.
Construction of the GR & I continued for several years until the line reached Petoskey in December 1873.
The county seat is Petoskey.
It continues southerly toward Traverse City and Muskegon and northerly toward Petoskey to a terminus near Mackinaw City.
The state of Michigan purchased the track between Charlevoix and Petoskey, Michigan from the Chessie System Railroads and contracted Michigan Northern Railway to operate it.
Charlevoix is primarily served by four newspapers: the Charlevoix Courier, the Petoskey News Review, the Traverse City Record-Eagle, and the Detroit Free Press.
It is on M-68 about 7 miles west of I-75 at Indian River and about 16 miles east of Petoskey.
* Petoskey is at the northeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous.
M-119 has its northern terminus here, with Petoskey about 34 miles to the south along the Lake Michigan shore.
M-119 connects with US 31 east and south at Bay View, with Petoskey just another away on the south side of the harbor.
Harbor Springs is just a few miles from neighboring Petoskey, Michigan, which is on the other side of the bay and is visible with the naked eye, and offers a wider variety of activities including a multiplex movie theater, a thriving downtown area of its own, and several big-box stores.
Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge is approximately north and Petoskey is about southwest of the village.
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