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Eaton County Charity Profile
Eaton County, named for President Andrew Jackson's Secretary of War (John Eaton), sometimes referred to as a cabinet county, was organized in 1837. Due to lack of population and buildings in the designated county seat (Charlotte), government and judicial functions were performed in the village of Bellevue. However, by 1840 the population of Charlotte had grown sufficiently to warrant the move to this community. Circuit Court proceedings were held in the Eagle Hotel with Circuit rider Epaphroditus Ransom (later Governor of Michigan) as presiding judge. Six years later, the first Eaton County Courthouse was completed at a cost totaling five hundred dollars on land donated for this purpose by Edmund Bostwick. By 1880, growth in Eaton County had outstripped the capacity of the first courthouse. In 1882 the Eaton County Board of Supervisors resolved to erect a building for court and public office purposes at no more than $50,000 cost; this was later amended to $40,000. When completed, the cost of this courthouse was nearly $80,000.
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Eaton County Volunteer Information
Your interests are important to us whether they center around animals of the area, wildflowers, history of the ledges, or other environmental topics. You have a chance to help our invaluable community resource, the natural environment. You will be contributing not only to our present community, but to generations of children in the future. Through efforts as a Fitzgerald Park Nature Center and/or Lincoln Brick Interpretive Center volunteer, special events volunteer, or project volunteer you can make a difference. Please join our volunteer force.
Our biggest need is for Nature Center and Interpretive Center volunteers. We need meeters and greeters to greet people in the centers on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. May through October.
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