Galien’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Galien. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The founder of the village of Galien was George A. Blakeslee. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to Galien Township in 1853. He platted Galien village in 1861, and it was incorporated in 1879. The village straddled a fairly new Michigan Central Railroad completed in 1849 from New Buffalo to Detroit. Blakeslee operated a sawmill at the site of present-day Galien, and established a general store. He purchased several thousand acres in the vicinity of the village and harvested the timber for his sawmill operation. For many years after Galien was established, he was president of the village, postmaster, justice of the peace, member of the school board and later World Bishop of the Latter Day Saint's Church. Blakeslee Street was named after him and is located in the SE quadrant of the city plat.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Galien’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Galien’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLake Cities passing through Galie…, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Galien
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Galien, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lake Cities passing through Galien, April 1987 (1987) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.