1870 — Christopher Dickerson, a general (and prisoner) of the Civil War, purchases Cedar Island on Lake Baw Beese. Following his death two years later, his son would give a man named Bud Sellars, later known as the famous “Hermit of Cedar Island,” permission to take up residence there. Though not truly a hermit, Sellars (pictured) lived on the island in relative isolation for 60 years until his death.
1975 — By a panel of professors, Hillsdale College votes not to accept membership in the Michigan Education Association. A decade of unprecedented expansion of government control over higher education would soon unfold.
