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Founding of Ionia

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Samuel Dexter, Erastus Yeomans, Oliver Arnold, Joel Guild, Edward Guild, Darius Winsor, and their families, along with Dr. William B. Lincoln, Winsor Dexter, Warner Dexter, Patrick M. Fox, and Abram Decker, were brave pioneers who endured the hardships of a journey through the unbroken wilderness of Michigan and founded Ionia on May 28, 1833.
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