Editing Benzonia, Michigan (section)

==History==
{{see also|History of Northern Michigan}}
Benzonia began in 1858 as an educational Christian colony on the model of [[Oberlin, Ohio]].  Its founding was under the leadership of [[Charles E. Bailey]].  The village, which was once the county seat, was incorporated in 1891.<ref>Powers, Perry F., & Cutler, H.G. (1912).  ''A History of Northern Michigan and Its People'', Vol. I, p. 365. The Lewis Publishing Company.</ref>

In 1863 [[Grand Traverse College]] was chartered and began here.  It was renamed Benzonia College in 1891.  In 1900 the college was changed to a [[university-preparatory school|preparatory school]] named Benzonia Academy.<ref>Catton, Bruce (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Pq5U3Xnf0NYC&pg=PA33 ''Waiting for the Morning Train:  An American Boyhood''], p. 33. Wayne State University Press.</ref>  The academy continued to function until 1918 when it was closed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=S0245.htm |title=Michigan Historical Markers<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=June 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527101420/http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=S0245.htm |archive-date=May 27, 2006 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In his book ''Waiting for the Morning Train'', historian [[Bruce Catton]] captured local history and documented his perspective of growing up in Benzonia as his father was an instructor at the academy.