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==History== The area was inhabited from about 1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. by the Native American [[Hopewell culture]], followed by the [[Anishinaabe|Anishnabeg]]. Some historians believe that the Sauk at one time lived in the area and were driven out by Ojibwe (Chippewa), before the area was first visited by Europeans. The Saginaw region includes an extensive network of many rivers and streams which converge into the Saginaw River and provided a means for easy travel for the Native American population among numerous settlements and hunting areas, as well as access to Lake Huron. Saginaw was also a frequent meeting location for councils of the Ojibwe, Pottawatomi, and Ottawa—the Three Fires of the Anishnabeg.<ref>Saginaw' Changeable Past, Jeremy W. Kilar, G. Bradley, St.Louis, MO, 1994, p15</ref> What is today Saginaw County was inhabited by the [[Ojibwe]] at the time of the arrival of Euro-Americans. The Ojibwe were still the dominant force in the area in the 1820s, and in 1827 they were attacked by a two groups of [[Winnebago people]] coming from Wisconsin. The Ojibwe prevailed in this fight with the aid of local Euro-American settlers.<ref>''History of Sagimaw County, Michigan'' (Chicago: Charles C. Chapman & Co, 1881) p. 120</ref> In 1853 the Ojibwe and Ottawa both established large hunting camps along the Saginaw River, although Euro-American settlers were beginning to establish saw mills and farms in the area by that point.<ref>''History of Saginaw County'', p. 123-124</ref>
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