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Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County and located in Central Michigan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 26,016 at the 2010 census. Part of the city (with a population of 8,741) is on the Isabella Indian Reservation, site of the Soaring Eagle Casino. The city is also home to the main campuses of Central Michigan University and Mid Michigan Community College. ==History== White settlers first arrived in what is now Mount Pleasant after the Graduation Act of 1854, allowing white settlers to purchase land from the government at discount rates. The Treaty of 1855 relocated the Native American Ojibwa (Saginaw Chippewa Tribe) from Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River to land in Isabella County (Isabella Indian Reservation).〔Cumming, John. This Place Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant, MI: J. Cumming, 1989.〕 Many non-natives soon moved to Mount Pleasant predicting prosperous relations with the natives. The Homestead Act of 1862 brought many new settlers to Mount Pleasant to live on the free land that the government allowed them. In 1875, a devastating fire started at the Fancher Building on the north corner of Broadway Street and Main Street. It eventually moved east down Broadway, destroying several buildings. Seven years later another fire would damage buildings on the south side of Broadway. In 1879 the first library appeared in Mt. Pleasant. Known as "The Library, Literary, and Musical Association of Mount Pleasant," the first books were the personal book collections of the board members.〔 In 1890 W.A. Jordan started Mount Pleasant Business College. Expanding in 1892, the school changed its name to Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the beginnings of what is now Central Michigan University. On January 3, 1893, the U.S. government opened an Indian boarding school called the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School. It operated for 40 years, closing in 1933. 76 years later, on July 17, 2009, The White Bison Wellbriety Journey for Forgiveness made its stop to the Mount Pleasant community to recognize this part of Mount Pleasant's history. The building now stands abandoned. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan purchased the boarding school from the State Of Michigan. In 1928, large quantities of oil were discovered to exist in the Mt. Pleasant area. A farm owned by the Lilly family was the first to strike, producing hundreds of barrels a day. Although oil resources would eventually diminish, their legacy is apparent in the Mt. Pleasant city seal, which bears an image of an oil drill. Mt. Pleasant High School's mascot, the Oiler, is also a reference to the city's long history with oil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Pleasant, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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