Whatever Happened to Plainfield Village?

Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837.  By that time, George Miller had established his home at the northern bend of the Grand River, in a location that would come to be called "Plainfield Village." The land was part of a settlement north of the Grand River negotiated by the Treaty of Washington that allowed for white settlers to move into territory previously claimed by indigenous tribes. In fact, an Anishinaabe village was located at that time on a bluff high above the river.