title: Eastern Lapeer County (Images of America)
author:  Catherine Ulrich Brakefield 
description: Catherine Ulrich Brakefield, former staff writer for Michigan Traveler, freelances for the Lapeer Area View in Lapeer, the Tri-City Times in Imlay City, and The Romeo Observer in Romeo. She is author of The Lapeer Area and The Wind of Destiny.
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  This map of the Lapeer area shows the location of Lapeer, Elba, Hadley, and
  Metamora. Farmers Creek was first an early settlement in Metamora Township;
  however, it was given up to Hadley Township around the 1870s. The banks along
  Nepessing Lake were home to a powerful tribe of the Chippewa Indians, the
  Nepessings. It consisted of 300 members who lived and planted maize and
  orchards along the banks of Nepessing Lake.
  
  
  On the cover: The fluted columns of this Greek Revival seat of justice are
  seen clearly in this picture of the Lapeer Courthouse, which creates an
  elegant backdrop for the 58 members of the Knights of Columbus, Lapeer Council
  No. 1987. The council was instituted on June 1, 1919, and continued in
  existence until May 31, 1945, whereby, by action of the board of directors, it
  was dissolved. (Courtesy of Joseph Stock.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Lapeer Area
  
  
  Catherine Ulrich Brakefield
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2006 by Catherine Ulrich Brakef