Editing Wyoming, Michigan (section)

==== Fisher's Station ====
[[File:Fisher's Station, Wyoming Township, 1876.png|thumb|225x225px|Fisher's Station, 1876]]
David Fisher arrived in Wyoming in 1857 and acquired land from Gordon's estate, replacing Gordon's old Buck Creek mill, which had burned down, and built a replacement.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} Fisher would then construct cabins along the west side of Burlingame Avenue which housed Fisher and the millers he employed.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} Operations for Fisher would expand further south on Buck Creek where he would extract lime and peat, later building a second mill on a plot of land he purchased from William Ferry in the southeast portion of the township.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} In 1869, a station on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was constructed, and in 1870, Fisher had a town platted called "Fisher's Station," which would develop around the railroad station.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} A post office was constructed in 1871 and the area was platted in December 1873.<ref name="cc1881"/><ref>Walter Romig, ''Michigan Place Names'', p. 198</ref> The population of Wyoming Township grew to 2,008 in 1874 while the population of Fisher's Station was 65 in 1888.<ref name="cc1881"/> Fisher, along with his brother and business partner, James, would retire in Grand Rapids and lived as wealthy men for the rest of their lives.{{sfn|Simon-Tibbe|Branz|White|2009|pp=40-41}} During the township's early history, the then rural community would often produce agricultural goods and farmers would travel to Grand Rapids to sell their products.{{sfn|Huizinga|1971|pp=1}}