He graduated from here in 1859, at the age of fifteen. He then clerked in a store for a short time, and was only seventeen when he enlisted in Company K, Second Michigan Infantry, on April 12,1861, and was mustered into the United States service on May 25.
An invasive alga known as didymo, or "rock snot," was discovered in Michigan's Au Sable River, raising concerns with environmentalists and the local fishing community.