The Man Partly Responsible for the Term “Michigander”
The term “Michigander”.
You either love it, dislike it, tolerate it, or are embarrassed by it. Just who is responsible for calling us a bunch of Michigan geese?
The most accepted explanation is that it involved two politicians: Michigan s first governor Lewis Cass, and Abraham Lincoln, at the time a member of the House of Representatives.
According to
Mlive, in an 1848 speech, Lincoln accused Cass of “campaigning on the coattails” of Andrew Jackson, calling him a Michigander . The name came about by combining Michigan with gander .but why? The reason being Cass was following Jackson like a goose follows its leader. Ever since, many resources claim that it was Abraham Lincoln who indeed came up with the term Michigander .
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Why Do So Many Things in Battle Creek Have the Name “Minges”?
There’s Minges Road, Minges Place, Minges Hills, Minges Hills Church, Minges Creek, Minges Brook Mall, Minges Elementary School, and Minges Creek Village. There are Minges apartments, Minges health clubs, and Minges chiropractic offices. Most new radio announcers that come to Battle Creek pronounce it “MIN-juzz”. We educate them as soon as possible.
To tell the story of Battle Creek’s “Minges” connection, we have to go back to January 24, 1848. That’s when a guy named James Wilson Marshall found flakes of gold at Sutter’s Mill near Coloma, California. Word got around.