Editing Gladstone, Michigan (section)

===Name change===
The town was originally named Minnewasca by the Soo Line Railroad, an Ojibwa word meaning "white water."<ref name="mackinac.org"/> When the name was filed with the county and Secretary of State in Lansing, however, Senator W. D. Washburn, who had an interest in building the railroad, persuaded officials to change the name to Gladstone in honor of British Premier [[William Ewart Gladstone]].<ref name="americantowns.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.americantowns.com/mi/gladstone/organization/city_of_gladstone|title=City of Gladstone}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n137 138]}}</ref>