Bertrand. Search for Treasure in Deserted Michigan Village in 1898.

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Registered Site S0286 Erected 1957
Michigan Historical Markers
Sign
Location: Betrand Road at Bond.
Bertrand, Berrien County
on Community Evangelical Free Church property.
coordinates 41.774449,-86.262114

Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.), 22 Dec. 1898.






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The Bellefontaine Republican. (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio), 24 Jan. 1899.





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Makes mention of the original homesite of Joseph Bertrand being in town, Niles, just North of "Bertrand"

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