Early photo of cows running free on Manistique’s West side
During the 1880s and 90s cattle were allowed to roam free in the city of Manistique. The Schoolcraft County Pioneer commented on the issue as early as June of 1884: “We hear a little trouble brewing in the county over the fact that cattle are allowed to run at large. Three years ago the Board of Supervisors voted to suspend the provisions of the cattle restraining law in this county; whether they have done anything since about it we have not found out but presume it remains the same.”