Editing Manistique, Michigan (section)

==History==
[[File:Manistique, Michigan (1880s).jpg|thumb|left|Cedar Street, 1880s]]
[[File:Michigan - Manistique - NARA - 23941585 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view northeast, March 1932]]
Originally named '''Eastport''', Manistique replaced [[Onota, Au Train Township, Michigan|Onota]] as the county seat.<ref name=hupm>{{cite book | title = History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan | orig-year = 1883 | url = http://name.umdl.umich.edu/arg9598.0001.001 | access-date = 2006-09-12 | year = 2005 | publisher = University of Michigan Library | location = Ann Arbor, Mich. | chapter = Schoolcraft County | chapter-url = http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty&cc=micounty&idno=arg9598.0001.001&q1=Onota&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=545 | page = 547}}</ref> Eastport was the name of the post office, but was not used for the community.<ref name="Mutart">{{cite news |date=September 6, 1930 |title=Mrs. Mutart Longest Manistique Resident; Here 60 Yrs. Monday |page=11 |newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1795387/manistique/ |access-date=February 16, 2015 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Manistique was incorporated as a village in 1883<ref name="Mutart"/> and as a city in 1901 by the state legislature. With the river originally spelled '''Monistique''', a spelling error in the city charter led to its current spelling.<ref name="Mutart" /><ref name = "sawyer"/>