The Nankin Township Historical Society

Detroit Free Press , March 11, 1864 On occasion there are mentions of both East and South Nankin in search results but I don't think I've ever seen a reference to an either North or West Nankin. Which might be because that's where the largest concentration of population was or I could just flatly be wrong. Regardless, Elizabeth Stewart of East Nankin was in the graduating class of 1864 at the Normal College (EMU) and read an essay entitled "Words for the Hour" bidding farewell to classmates and the faculty. I t's hard to imagine such a setting in pre-electricity days but I suppose that people were more quiet and courteous back then. I also can't imagine going to the archives there on horseback and publishing my findings in an newspaper called the "Southeastern Northwestern Nankin Township Historical Society of the Frontierlands of Michigania in Wolverina".

  Listen, I'm just one Yeti doing my part in constructing the matrix. I don't know why I'm compelled to track these things down but here I am. Considering that I don't particularly like the city of Ypsilanti, the university attached to it or the fight songs of said university it makes no sense--other than the Marcello Truzzi connection--that I had to fight myself not to buy this book but I compromised and took some photos instead. The $25 price tag on the split binding of the 80+ year old Songs of the Michigan State Normal College made it easier to come to that resolution. I must stay away from John King Books. That will be much easier since I've found a copy in Florida for $12. While it's en route I'll post a few song pages: M. S. N. C. We Sing of Thee based on Maryland, Maryland and written by Austin George, 1863. M. S. N. C., we sing of thee, Mich-i-gan, my Mich-i-gan! With- in thy courts we love to be, Mich-i-gan, my Mich-i-gan! Thy tow-ers high and...