Editing Daggett, Michigan (section)

==History==
Daggett was originally named "Section 25". The name "Daggett" refers either to Elmira Daggett, a New York native who came to the area to visit her brother and is then said to have become the village's first postmistress,<ref>Desotell, Mike. 2012 (May 18). "Bus tour of historic Menominee County set." Marinette–Menominee ''EagleHerald''.</ref> or to postmistress Clara Daggett's father (a native of [[Elmira, New York]]), the father-in-law of the village's founder, Thomas Faulkner.<ref>Romig, Walter. 1986. ''Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities''. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p. 145.</ref><ref>Heim, Michael. 2004. ''Exploring America's Highways: Michigan Trip Trivia''. Wabasha, MN: T.O.N.E. Publishing, p. 154.</ref>

The village of Daggett was incorporated on August 30, 1902. "Because of the number of fires in the village, and with no help from [Stephenson] township, the Daggett people decided the best way to get fire protection was to incorporate."<ref>''Menominee County Book for Schools'', ed. Ethel Schuyler (Menominee, MI: Office of the County School Commissioner, 1941), p. 260.</ref> Incorporated villages had been given the power to raise money for fire protection by the state legislature.<ref>''[http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ Menominee County Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024028/http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }}'', August 30, 1902, p. 5.</ref> The village lost little time in equipping a modern fire department. Mr. J. H. Earle, representing the Waterous Gasoline Fire Engine Co. of [[St. Paul, Minnesota]],  signed a contract with the village council on October 17, 1902, promising delivery of an engine and 1,000 feet of hose within 30 days.<ref>''[http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ Menominee County Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024028/http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }}'', October 18, 1902, p. 5.</ref>  
 
The Waterous product was among the most modern of the era, representing the transition from heavy steam-powered pumps. It coupled a four-cylinder gasoline motor to a 350 gallon-per-minute pump. The entire apparatus was light enough to be pulled rapidly by a team of horses or men. To provide ready water sources for the pumper, the village contracted during the last week of October 1902 for four cisterns to be dug at different locations in the village. The contract was completed by November 15, 1902.<ref>''[http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ Menominee County Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024028/http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }}'', November 15, 1902, p. 5.</ref>   
 
The engine was delivered to the village between November 17–21, 1902, the exact date being uncertain. Based on the report in the November 22, 1902 ''Menominee County Journal'', the Daggett Volunteer Fire Department commenced operations on November 21, 1902.<ref>[http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ Menominee County Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024028/http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }}, November 22, 1902, p. 5.</ref>  The modern fire engine in use at Daggett drew attention from neighboring communities, including the [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]], fire department, who visited Daggett in January 1903 to observe the new engine.<ref>''[http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ Menominee County Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307024028/http://www.menomineecountyjournal.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }}'', January 31, 1903, p. 5.</ref> The Waterous unit likely served the village until replaced by a motorized engine from the same company in 1925.<ref>''Menominee County Book for Schools'', p. 261.</ref>