History: Isabella County deer hunters through the ages

The annual hunting quest for wildlife is a mid-Michigan tradition observed from the time the area was hunted by nomadic Native Americans, through the settlement by myriad ethnicities to modern times. Above, an 1895 hunting party from M.t Pleasant prepares to brave the forests of Isabella County, left to right are: Chester R. Gorham, an unidentified man (perhaps a guide), Doctor Richardson, Charles McKenney and P. C. Taylor. Mid-Michigan History is a Morning Sun feature by Jack R. Westbrook, author of Mid-Michigan History and Mid-Michigan History 2, available at the Morning Sun Alma office.