Owosso, Michigan
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Owosso is a city in Shiawassee County
Shiawassee County, Michigan
-Transportation:-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 71,687 people, 26,896 households, and 19,849 families residing in the county. The population density was 133 people per square mile . There were 29,087 housing units at an average density of 54 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The population was 15,713 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

. The city is located on the eastern side of Owosso Township
Owosso Township, Michigan
Owosso Charter Township is a charter township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,670 at the 2000 census.-Communities:*The City of Owosso is located on the east side of the township, but is administratively autonomous....

, but is politically independent. The city was named after Chief Wasso, an Ojibwa
Ojibwa
The Ojibwe or Chippewa are among the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit...

 leader of the Shiawassee area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, the city has a total area of 5 square miles (12.9 km²), of which, 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.

Climate and weather

Owosso experiences frigid winters with the last snow usually falling in April, typically Northern Midwestern spring thaws, balmy to hot summers, and colorful falls with the first snows usually appearing in October. Each year Owosso averages eleven days with temperatures below 0 °F (-17.8 °C), and nine days with temperatures above 90 °F (32.2 °C). Owosso averages twenty-nine inches of rain per year, and forty-one inches of snow. The average growing season in Owosso is 144 days.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, there were 15,194 people living in Owosso making it the 57th largest city in Michigan and the 574th largest city in the Midwest. The city had 6,340 households, and 4,076 families. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 3,174.5 per square mile (1,225.6/km²). There were 6,724 housing units at an average density of 1358.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 97% White, 0.20% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.80% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3% of the population.

33.5% of the households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,576, and the median income for a family was $40,355. Males had a median income of $32,285 versus $22,534 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the city was $16,764. About 10.0% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

Colleges

Baker College Owosso offers certificate, associate's, bachelor's, and master's programs in business, engineering/technology, health, education, human service, office administration, and computers. Baker College Owosso is regionally accredited and the Baker Center for Graduate Studies is also accredited by the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education.

Owosso Public Schools

  • Owosso High School 9-12: Offers International Baccalaureate program for 9th and 10th graders and has a Nationally recognized arts programs
  • Lincoln High School (alternative edu.)at Washington School campus
  • Owosso Middle School 6-8: Offers International Baccalaureate program for 7th and 8th graders
  • Bryant Elementary K-5
  • Central Elementary K-5
  • Emerson Elementary K-5

Owosso Parochial Schools

  • Owosso Christian School (Church of God) K-8
  • Saint Paul School (Catholic) K-8
  • Salem Lutheran School PK-8
  • Owosso Seventh Day Adventist School K-6
  • Congregational Child Development Center Daycare & Preschool-K

  • Spring Vale Academy (Church of God 7th Day) 9-12

Newspapers

Two newspapers are published in Owosso: the Argus-Press
Argus-Press
The Argus-Press is a daily newspaper published in Owosso, Michigan. The names comes from two preceding papers: the Evening Argus and Press-American, which merged in 1916. The paper's earliest antecedent is the Owosso American, which was founded in 1854....

publishes an evening edition Monday through Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday morning editions. Recent awards from the Michigan Press Association and the Associated Press in news, editorial content and sports make the Argus-Press one of the top Michigan newspapers under 10,000 daily circulation. The Independent publishes an Owosso-Corunna edition on Sundays and Wednesdays. Both newspapers have online editions as well. The Owosso Independent can be viewed at www.owossoindependent.com.

Radio

Three radio stations are located in Owosso.

WOAP
WOAP
WOAP is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Owosso, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1948. The station's 1,000-watt signal reaches outlying areas of the Flint and Lansing markets...

 1080 AM (The Big 1080, Michigan's BIG Oldies) This oldies station is on the air from 6 a.m. to local sunset.

WJSZ
WJSZ
WJSZ is an FM radio station operating on 92.5 MHz from Ashley, Michigan, USA with 2,000 watts. The station features a Hot Adult Contemporary format targeting the Owosso, Michigan area....

 92.5 FM (Z92.5, The Castle) broadcasts a very hot adult contemporary format.

WRSR
WRSR
WRSR is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Owosso, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1965 under the WOAP-FM call sign.-Coverage area:...

 103.9 FM (The Fox) is licensed to Owosso, but broadcasts classic rock from studios in Flint.

City Bus Service

The Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency (SATA) provides city bus service. The majority of buses are lift-equipped, and the service operates from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. The service also provides a single daily bus run to and from Perry, Michigan, and another to and from Durand, Michigan.

Intercity Bus Service

Owosso is the headquarters of Indian Trails Bus Lines, which provides regularly scheduled intercity bus service from Owosso to connect with points throughout Michigan and the U. S. Indian Trails also provides chartered bus service to and from points throughout the U. S.

Air

Owosso Community Airport provides a 4300 feet (1,310.6 m) long lighted runway for private planes and air taxi services.

Rail

Owosso is the headquarters of the Great Lakes Central Railroad, which provides freight service to Northern and Southern Michigan. It also provides chartered passenger rail service and tours through its association with Lake Central Rail Tours.

Curwood Castle

Curwood Castle
Curwood Castle
Curwood Castle is a small castle, now a museum, located in Owosso, Michigan. It was built in 1922 and was home to author James Oliver Curwood, who used one of the turrets as a writing studio....

 was the writing studio of the famous author James Oliver Curwood
James Oliver Curwood
James Oliver Curwood was an American novelist and conservationist. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.-Biography and career:Curwood was born in Owosso, the youngest of four children...

. In honor of the famous writer Owosso holds the annual Curwood Festival
Curwood Festival
The Curwood Festival is a celebration of the American novelist James Oliver Curwood in Owosso, Michigan. Many of his novels were written in Curwood Castle on the banks of the Shiawassee River.-History:...

. The castle is now a museum that contains period antiques, and Curwood books, photos, and movie posters as well as memorabilia from the life of another one of Owosso’s native sons: Thomas E. Dewey.

The Shiawassee Arts Center

The Shiawasse Arts Center exhibits and sells prints of Frederick Carl Frieseke, original work of other artists, holds art classes, competitions, and has exhibitions scheduled throughout the year.

The Steam Railroading Institute

Located on South Washington Street, The Steam Railroading Institute
Steam Railroading Institute
The Steam Railroading Institute is located at 405 South Washington Street, Owosso, Michigan.The Steam Railroading Institute is an organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of historical railroad equipment and items. It operates a heritage railroad which offers...

 includes a visitor center, passenger train cars and other rolling stock from railroads in the U. S. and Canada, and a 3.5 acres (14,164 m²) area that holds a round house. Most impressive, however, are the stream engines, including the 82,000 pound Flagg Coal Company switch engine, the 136,000 pound Mississippian (under restoration), and the 800,000 pound Pere Marquette 1225 locomotive and tender ― the largest operating steam locomotive in Michigan. The sounds of the steam engine train heard in the hit movie The Polar Express were recorded in Owosso. Steven Spielberg’s production company filmed the sights and sounds of the Owosso-based Steam Railroading Institute’s 1225 steam engine train locomotive for the computer rendering of the movie.

The Steam Railroading Institute offers weekend excursions throughout the summer on the trains and several all-day excursions throughout the year. The Institute also offers excursions on the famous North Pole Express during December.

Owosso Speedway

Owosso Speedway is located about six miles (10 km) west of Owosso on M-21. The speedway contains grandstands, pits, and a 3/8 mile, high-banked, paved oval race track. Every Saturday night, from April through September, it features stock car and open wheel racing events.[217]
In July 2008 Owosso Speedway was purchased by Fast Track Promotion INC. and made a strong resurgence in the Michigan racing community to reclaim its fame as one of the raciest asphalt tracks in the Midwest.
Beginning in 2008 the speedway added a special event night that features school bus, push, pull and trailer races as an additional form of entertainment for fans periodically during the season.
The "NATIONALS" at Owosso are a famous season end event (in late September) that feature a camping weekend and cars from across the Midwest that come to challenge rivals at the historic 3/8 mile.

The Movie Museum

Located in an early twentieth century church on East Oliver Street, The Movie Museum is an interactive education center that collects and preserves movie memorabilia including films, talks, records, equipment, biographies costumes, and ads. "Picture Show Snaps" are shown every Saturday evening beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Historical Markers

In Owosso you can follow the Historical Markers to the birthplaces and homes on some of its most famous natives: James Oliver Curwood
James Oliver Curwood
James Oliver Curwood was an American novelist and conservationist. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.-Biography and career:Curwood was born in Owosso, the youngest of four children...

, Thomas E. Dewey, Frederick Carl Frieseke
Frederick Carl Frieseke
Frederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight...

....

Curwood Days

Curwood Days is a four-day celebration of the life of the world-renowned Owosso author, James Oliver Curwood. The festival begins on the first Thursday of every June.

Curwood Days has become a huge festival that draws people from around the United States and Canada. It includes a street fair, parades, contests including raft races, carnival rides, concerts and more.

The Mitchell Amphitheater

The Mitchell Amphitheater is located in the valley behind Owosso Middle School and along the river, across from Curwood Castle. It is home to concerts and other events throughout every summer.

The Lebowsky Center

The theater caught fire in February 2007 and the eastern wall buckled and fell. The Owosso Community Players have secured funding for the rebuild of the Lebowsky Center. It is currently rebuilt and playing shows.

Shiawassee District Library

The Shiawassee District Library
Shiawassee District Library
The Shiawassee District Library is a public library system that serves, primarily, the residents of Owosso and Durand, Michigan. The library system was created in 1994 after the Owosso Public Library and the Durand Memorial Library combined resources....

 branch in Owosso was built on a Carnegie library grant. The library was granted $20,000 on April 2, 1913. The library offers a variety of formats, materials, and services to provide for the informational and educational needs of its community members and to encourage the appreciation of reading.

History

Alfred L. and Benjamin O. Williams were early settlers to the town. They drew Elias Comstock who built the first permanent home in the settlement. Owosso was incorporated as a city in 1859 at which time it had a 1000 people. It had never had a period as a village. The town's first mayor was Amos Gould, a judge originally from New York. In 1876 it organized its fire department.

Notable residents

  • Thomas E. Dewey, lawyer, author, mob-busting District Attorney of New York City, three term Governor of New York (1942, 1946, 1950), and the Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.
  • Alvin M. Bentley, philanthropist, foreign service officer and U. S. Congresssman. Bentley was one of the five congressmen injured, on March 1, 1954, when Puerto Rican nationalist terrorists opened fire on the floor of the House of Representatives in the U. S. Capital
  • Charles A. Towne
    Charles A. Towne
    Charles Arnette Towne was an American politician. Born near Pontiac, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a Republican in the 54th congress and from New York as a Democrat in the 59th congress.Towne also...

    , U. S. Congressman and Senator. One of the few persons to have been elected to Congress from two different states: Minnesota and, later, New York. Sam Houston and Ham Lewis were others,
  • William Ament, (1851–1909) controversial Congregational missionary to China (1877–1909), criticised by Mark Twain
    Mark Twain
    Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...

    .
  • John Perkins
    John Perkins
    John Perkins is an economist and author. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1968–1970 and this experience launched him in the world of economics and writing...

    , scholar, artist, author, Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Controller of the State of Michigan, Professor Emeritus at the University of California Berkley and system-wide, President of the University of Delaware, and former Chairman of the Board of Dunn and Bradstreet.
  • Frederick Carl Frieseke
    Frederick Carl Frieseke
    Frederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings often concentrated on various effects of dappled sunlight...

    , early American impressionist artist whose work in France won many awards in Europe and North America. Frieseke had great influence on other artists and, for several years, he and Claude Monet were next door neighbors. Frieseke’s paintings adorn the walls of many of the world’s great art museums.
  • Albert Spear Hitchcock, artist, author, botanical explorer, systematic agrostologist, and co-developer of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hitchcock-Chase Collection.
  • Alfred D. Hershey, bacteriologist, director of genetics research at Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and co-winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in medicine/physiology. Hershey, who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1958, was also the 1958 winner of the Albert Lasker Award of the American Public Health Association, and the 1965 winner of the Kimber Genetics Award of the National Academy of Sciences.
  • Lloyd R. Welch
    Lloyd R. Welch
    Lloyd Richard Welch is a noted American information theorist, and co-inventor of the Baum–Welch algorithm.Welch received his B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois, 1951, and Ph.D. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, 1958, under advisor Frederic Bohnenblust...

    , Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California. Dr. Welch is the developer of the Welch Bound standard and the co-developer of the Baum-Welch algorithm. Dr. Welch was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1979, and he is the recipient of the 2003 Claude E. Shannon Award – the highest honor granted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Information Theory Society.
  • Merle Lawrence
    Merle Lawrence
    Merle Lawrence was an Americanphysiologist who contributed extensively to the field of Otolaryngology.-Biography:...

    , Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Psychology at the University of Michigan, first Director of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, and the author and co-author of several books. Dr. Lawrence was the recipient of the Award of Merit from the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the Gold Medal Award from the American Otological Society, the Distinguished Service Award form the Princeton Class of 1938, the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Audiology, etc. Dr. Lawrence was also a highly decorated W.W.II naval aviator.
  • Harry Burns Hutchins
    Harry Burns Hutchins
    Harry Burns Hutchins was the fourth president of the University of Michigan .He was initially named interim president for one year to succeed James Burrill Angell, but his term was later extended after several other candidates, including Woodrow Wilson, were offered the presidency and declined...

    , President of the University of Michigan from 1910 to 1920, Professor of Law and Dean of the University of Michigan Law School, organizer of the Cornell University Law School, Director of Owosso Public Schools during 1871 and 1872.
  • James Oliver Curwood
    James Oliver Curwood
    James Oliver Curwood was an American novelist and conservationist. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.-Biography and career:Curwood was born in Owosso, the youngest of four children...

    , Conservationist and best-selling author of thirty-three novels. More than twenty movies were made of Curwood’s books and stories, including The Bear. The tourist attraction and museum now known as Curwood Castle in Owosso was built by Curwood to serve as his writing studio, and Mount Curwood (1978 ft) in Michigan’s upper peninsula was named in his honor.
  • Diane Carey
    Diane Carey
    Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken...

    , author of forty-six novels including several Star Trek books, and seven New York Times Bestsellers.
  • Dave Galanter, author and co-author of several Star Trek books including the Voyager book, Battle Lines, and the Next Generation duology Maximum Warp. His short story, Eleven Hours Out was included in the Tales of the Dominion War anthology.
  • Gordon Graham
    Gordon Graham
    Gordon Graham is an American journalist.In the early 1990s, Graham was a CNN Headline News anchor and the recognizable face of CNN International, where overnight broadcasts of Headline News in the US would be relayed to Europe/Middle East/Africa during breakfast hours. He left CNN in 1998 to work...

    , decorator, designer, artist, and author of children’s books.
  • Betty Mahmoody
    Betty Mahmoody
    Betty Mahmoody is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name...

    , lecturer, advocate for the rights of women and children, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated, best-selling book, Not Without My Daughter: Escape from Iran. The book was the basis for the movie, Not Without My Daughter, which starred Sally Fields and Alfred Molina. In 1990, Betty was voted Most Courageous Woman of the Year and Woman of the Year in Germany.
  • Robert L. Gibson
    Robert L. Gibson
    Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut.-Personal:...

    , actor who appeared in TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s, including Amazing Stories, Welcome to My Nightmare, Otherworld, Highway to Heaven, etc.
  • Mel Schacher
    Mel Schacher
    Mel Schacher is best known as the bassist for rock band Grand Funk Railroad.- Early career :Schacher was born in Flint, Michigan. He became interested in music at the age of seven playing with his father's banjo. By age twelve he had moved to playing guitar and then bass...

    , bass guitarist and a vocalist for the rock band Question Mark and the Mysterians and, later, a co-founding member, bassist and vocalist for Grand Funk Railroad – a rock band that sold twenty-five million records and had four gold albums.
  • Scott Kinsey
    Scott Kinsey
    Scott Kinsey is a keyboardist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech and for his contributions to soundtracks for major motion pictures, notably Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve...

    , jazz keyboardist with several groups and best known for his work with Tribal Tech. Kinsey’s work is also part of many major motion picture soundtracks.
  • Bobbi McCaughey, the Iowa mother, and wife of Kenny McCaughey, who made international news when she gave birth to septuplets in Des Moines on November 19, 1997.
  • Cora Taylor
    Cora Taylor
    Cora Taylor is a Canadian author. Born in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, she moved to Edmonton in 1955. Her career as a writer began as editor of the Alberta Poetry Yearbook from 1980 to 1985. She wrote many articles and short stories for publication in various Canadian periodicals...

    , co-founder of Owosso’s Indian Trails Bus Line. On April 19, 1914, Cora Taylor became the first women in the United States to obtain a commercial chauffeur's license.
  • Vicki Witt, known as "the ultimate girl next door" and the “Holy Grail” of Playboy Playmates. Miss August 1978.
  • William Graham
    William Graham
    William Graham may refer to:In politics and government:* Sir William de Graham, 12th century Scottish knight* William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman* William Graham, 2nd Earl of Montrose , Scottish nobleman...

    , left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Browns from 1908 to 1910.[95][96][97]
  • C. Warren Thornthwaite
    C. W. Thornthwaite
    Charles Warren Thornthwaite was an American geographer and climatologist. He is best known for devising a climate classification system, published in 1948, that is still in use around the world, and also for his detailed water budget computations of potential evapotranspiration...

    , Professor of Climatology at Johns Hopkins University, adjunct professor at Drexel University, President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization, co-author of the book Water Balance, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Association of American Geographers, and the Cullum Medal – the highest award of the American Geographical Society. His published research on climatology is considered to be some of the most influential of the twentieth century. His life is the subject of the book, The Genius of C. Warren Thornthwaite, Climatologist-Geographer. Dr. Thornthwaite also served as a teacher at Owosso High School from 1922 to 1924.
  • John Tomac
    John Tomac
    John Tomac is a retired professional cyclist who competed in multiple disciplines in road racing and mountain biking during a successful senior career that spanned twenty years. He is regarded as a mountain biking icon and was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1991...

    , bicycle racer, bicycle builder, and an icon in the mountain bike racing field. Tomac won more international mountain bike races than anyone else in the sport. He was voted the top all-around bike racer in the world in 1988, and was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1991.
  • Chester Brewer
    Chester Brewer
    Chester Leland Brewer was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach and athletic director...

    , star athlete, coach and athletic director. Chester Brewer was a four sport star at the University of Wisconsin, and football coach at Michigan Agricultural College/Michigan State University for 1903 to 1910, 1917 and 1919 where he posted shutouts in 49 of 88 games and went undefeated in 43 straight home games. He also coached track, field, and cross country, and as baseball coach led his teams to a .564 record from 1904 to 1910, and coached the school’s basketball teams to a .736 record from 1904 to 1910. He served as athletics director and coach at the University of Missouri from 1910 to 1917, Director of Army Athletics for the U. S. War Department during 1918, served as director of athletics and professor of physical education from 1919 to1922 at MAC/Michigan State University, and held the same positions at the University of California-Davis until returning to Missouri where he served as athletics director until 1935. Brewer also coached his home town, Owosso, Michigan’s, West Side Indoor Baseball Team to win the world championship in 1905-1906.
  • Bradlee Van Pelt
    Bradlee Van Pelt
    Bradlee Van Pelt is an American football quarterback and safety who currently plays for Leicester Falcons in the United Kingdom. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and was also a member of the Houston Texans...

    , American football star. Bradlee Van Pelt, one of the all-time favorite quarterbacks for the Colorado State University Rams, set several records there during his years as a starter. He is currently a free agent and was last a backup quarterback for the Houston Texans of the NFL. Bradlee Van Pelt is the son of American football star, Brad Van Pelt. Bradlee Van Pelt was born in Owosso, but spent less than one year at Owosso High School.
  • Brad Van Pelt
    Brad Van Pelt
    Brad Alan Van Pelt was an American football linebacker who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League....

    , American football star. Van Pelt was a three sport star at Michigan State University. In football, he was a two-time All American, and in 1972 he became the first defensive back to win the Maxwell Award as the nation’s top collegiate football player. Van Pelt was a first round draft pick for the NFL where he played, from 1973 through 1986, with the New York Giants, the L.A. Raiders and the Cleveland Browns. Van Pelt was named the Giants’ Player of the Decade for the 1970s , and he was selected for the Pro Bowl five years in a row from 1976 through 1980. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and was recently nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He died of a heart attack in Harrison, MI. on February 17, 2009.
  • Emile Benoit (writer)
    Emile Benoit (writer)
    Emile Benoit is the pseudonym for the American author of the critically acclaimed Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man as well as the full length play A Midsummer Night's Hangover. Fiercely protective of his solitude, Benoit has spent most of his life in relative obscurity, known only to a small...

     (Jerry Urick) - writer of the critically acclaimed Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man
    Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man
    Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man is the work of the American writer and philosopher, Emile Benoit . The Foreword Clarion Review writes that "History has shown examples of man trying to pull himself out of his ignorant bliss and stagnancy, from the philosopher kings and Renaissance man to...

      as well as the full length play A Midsummer Night's Hangover.
  • Eve de England, poet laureate, troubadour, and organ grinder. Eve is the author of the award winning poem "Kurwood Kastle Kharacters: A Romance in Three Parts."
  • Jane Feltes (Golombisky), Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer of the radio and television show "This American Life."
  • Lyman Woodard, jazz organist noted for fusing his music with Latin and Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms. Played with his own band, The Lyman Woodard Organization, during the 70s, and his 1975 album Saturday Night Special is a Detroit jazz-funk cult classic.
  • Saltine aka The Mad Rapper
    Saltine aka The Mad Rapper
    Born June 2, 1967 Saltine aka The Mad Rapper is a recording artist from Owosso, Michigan. Dating back to the late 80's, he is considered by many to be one of the first pioneering "white boy" rappers...

    (Jon H. Harris), recording artist, songwriter who gained international attention with his remake of the 60's classic "96 Tears" that featured the songs creator (?) Question Mark from the famed Question Mark & The Mysterians on backing vocals.

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