 In the 1840s, Odawa villages lined the Lake Michigan shore from present-day Harbor Springs to Cross Village.By Act 119 of the Michigan Legislature approved 1 April 1840, a number of northern counties were delineated.Tonedagana County, a name derived from a Cross Village Odawa war chief, was delineated from Michilimackinac County but unorganized, so remained attached for judicial purposes.