Why Is Fonda Lake Namded Fonda Lake?
From Plattsburgh, N.Y. Lewis B. Fonda, 25 and his wife Sophia (Cochran), 19, came to Michigan on the steamboat Superior in 1832, landing in Detroit. They walked to Ann Arbor, living there for four years, until they could move to the land purchased in 1832; Section 32, W ½ SW ¼, in Brighton Township. The […]