Editing Sturgis, Michigan (section)

===Founding of the community===
[[File:Carnegie Library Sturgis MI.jpg|thumb|Construction of the Carnegie Library in Sturgis began in 1908 with a dedication on April 2, 1909.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=etXhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 Sturgis, Michigan: Pictorial City Directory and Year Book, September, 1915], Willis C. Bailey, Coldwater, Mich., 1915</ref>]]
In 1827, Judge John Sturgis came to the St. Joseph Valley area in southern Michigan [[United States territory|territory]] and settled in what is now Sturgis. The original site of his home can be seen at Pioneer Park, maintained by the City of Sturgis. Legend has it that Sturgis was chosen as the town's name because Mrs. John Sturgis baked a pan of biscuits and sent them to a surveying party near their cabin. Lewis Cass, who later became governor, was part of that surveying party. When the time came to name the town, Governor Cass remembered the biscuits and was insistent that the town be named Sturgis. In 1896, Sturgis officially became a city.<ref>[http://www.ci.sturgis.mi.us/information_history.php The story of Sturgis: From past to present], City of Sturgis, retrieved March 11, 2008 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715080133/http://www.ci.sturgis.mi.us/information_history.php |date=July 15, 2009 }}</ref>