Manistee, Michigan

The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county.{{cite web |title=Clarke Home – Central Michigan University |url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Manistee.htm}} The derivation is not certain,Bright, William (2004). Native American Place Names of the United States. Norman: Oklahoma University Press, pg. 265 but it may be from ministigweyaa, "river with islands at its mouth".[http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--,00.html County place names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313052757/https://www.michigan.gov/hal/0%2C1607%2C7-160-15481_20826_20829-54126--%2C00.html|date=2009-03-13}}{{cite web |title=Manistee County, Michigan |url=http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/michigan/manistee.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302092749/http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/michigan/manistee.html |archive-date=2012-03-02 |access-date=2009-04-07 |work=50-State Learning Resource Guide}} Other sources claim that it was an Ojibwe term meaning "spirit of the woods".{{cite web |title=Manistee, Michigan |url=http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/michigan/manistee}}

{{See also|History of Northern Michigan}}

In 1751, a Jesuit mission was established in Manistee.{{cite book|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 17|year=1893|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|page=114|edition=D. Appleton & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqYoAAAAYAAJ&q=Jesuit+mission+Manistee+-%22known+to+have%22+-house&pg=PA114|access-date=6 April 2016|quote="In 1751 a Jesuit mission was established here, but the first actual white settlement took place in 1841, when a sawmill was built."}} Missionaries visited Manistee in the early 19th century, and a Jesuit mission house is known to have been located on the northwest shore of Manistee Lake in 1826. In 1832, a group of traders from Massachusetts built a log house up the Manistee River. However, they were soon driven off by the Odawa nation. The first white settlement and sawmill was built there in 1841.

In 1830 the village of Manistee was one of about 15 Odawa (Ottawa) villages along the shore of Lake Michigan. Much of the Manistee River Valley, including Manistee itself, was designated as an Odawa Reservation from 1836 to 1848.Helen Hornbeck Tanner. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987) p. 165.

The first permanent Euro-American settlement was made on April 16, 1841, when John Stronach and his son, Adam Stronach, arrived at the mouth of the Manistee River in a schooner loaded with fifteen men and equipment, and established a sawmill.Powers, Perry F., and Cutler, Harry Gardner (1912). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GhjiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA374 A History of Northern Michigan and Its People], pp. 374-75. Lewis Publishing Company.

File:Manisteerivermap.png logs were floated down the river to the port at Manistee and eventually on to the lumber markets of Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Chicago.]]

In 1846, the town was named "Manistee"; it was made part of Ottawa County, whose county offices were {{convert|100|mi}} away at Grand Haven. After a series of new counties were organized, by 1855 Manistee was part of a large Manistee County that also included modern-day Wexford and Missaukee counties.{{cite book|title=History of Manistee County Michigan; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Men and Pioneers.|date=1882|publisher=H.R. Page & Co., Chicago|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mimanist/1882ManHist1.html|access-date=6 April 2016|quote="In 1846 it was attached to Ottawa County, and the county offices were at Grand Haven, and there was also the nearest justice of the peace. Matrimony, in those days,was a serious matter, and attended with no little trouble. There was no one nearer than Grand Haven or Milwaukee authorized to speak the magic words so charming to the ear, and a trip of ninety miles by canoe, or on foot, was an excursion of considerable magnitude. In 1851 the county was attached to Oceana, county seat at Middlesex, and in 1853 attached to Grand Traverse, to which it remained attached until the Spring of 1855, when it was organized and raised to the honorable dignity of local sovereignty. Prior to 1855, Manistee, Wexford and Missaukee Counties comprised one township, or rather, they were embraced in the township organization of Manistee town."}} Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell, Manistee's first lawyer, moved there in 1860 and remained there until his death in 1917. Ramsdell owned the first hardware store in the city, and was responsible for the construction of a bridge across the Manistee River.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell |encyclopedia=Cyclopedia of Michigan |year= 1890|publisher=Western Publishing and Engraving Company|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t15m6hc83&view=image&seq=397&size=125&q1=Thomas%20%20J.%20Ramsdell|pages = 218–219 |location=New York City }}

On October 8, 1871, the town was practically destroyed by fire; on the same day that the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire, and fires in Port Huron and Holland occurred, the Great Michigan Fire burned Manistee.{{cite book|author=H. R. Page & Co.|title=History of Manistee County, Michigan|chapter = The Great Fire of 1871|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mimanist/ManHist14.html|year=1882|place=Chicago|publisher=H. R. Page & Co.}} Manistee was incorporated as a city in 1882.[https://books.google.com/books?id=C39OAAAAMAAJ&q=manistee+michigan Charter of the City of Manistee, Michigan] (1904).

In 2000, Manistee made national headlines after a local jury convicted a woman for expressing to her mother near a Hispanic family in a restaurant her wish that immigrants would learn English; the judge described it as "insulting conduct" consisting of "fighting words", an offense that was punishable under a local ordinance. Allegations appeared of improper procedure and irregularities in the court records. Two years later (November 1, 2002) and after the defendant spent four nights in jail, the conviction was overturned by the state Court of Appeals.{{cite news|title=Manistee woman cleared in racial slur case|newspaper=Luddington Daily News|date=2002-11-06|page=A3}}{{cite news|title=Costly immigration|newspaper=The Washington Times|author=Paul Craig Roberts|date=2002-11-14}}{{cite news|title=Manistee woman still sour over 'insulting words' conviction|author=Spiros Gallos|newspaper=Luddington Daily News|date=2002-11-30|page=A3}}{{cite news|title=Jailed for speaking her mind|last=Suprynowicz|first=Vin|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=2003-01-05|page=2E}}

Manistee is in southwestern Manistee County in northern Michigan, bordered to the west by Lake Michigan and to the east by Manistee Lake. The Manistee River connects the two lakes, cutting through the middle of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, Manistee has a total area of {{convert|4.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.28|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|1.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 27.6%, are water. Neighboring and nearby communities include Parkdale to the northeast, Eastlake to the east, and Filer City, Oak Hill, and Stronach to the southeast. The townships that border Manistee are Filer to the south, Stronach to the southeast, and Manistee to the east and northeast.

U.S. Route 31 passes through the center of Manistee as Cypress Street. The highway leads northeast {{convert|60|mi}} to Traverse City and south {{convert|25|mi}} to the outskirts of Ludington. M-55 intersects US 31 in Parkdale, just east of Manistee, and leads east {{convert|47|mi}} to Cadillac.

At the mouth of the Manistee River are the Manistee Pierhead lights (north and south piers) that were built in 1873, and replaced in 1927.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrenscottage.com/lights/manistee.htm|title=Wrens Cottage – Manistee Lighthouse|author=Karen Schwallie|date=18 January 2006}}

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As of the census{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2012-11-25}} of 2010, there were 6,226 people, 2,816 households, and 1,614 families residing in the city. The population as of 2013 is 6117. The population density was {{convert|1892.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,599 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1093.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.5% White, 0.5% African American, 3.8% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.4% of the population.

There were 2,816 households, of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.7% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the city was 43.6 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.9% were from 25 to 44; 30.1% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,586 people, 2,912 households, and 1,729 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,023.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,426 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,052.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% White, 0.3% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, nil% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 2,912 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.6% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,351, and the median income for a family was $41,816. Males had a median income of $35,347 versus $20,102 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,810. About 6.9% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

In its heyday, Manistee was home to a booming logging industry.

In the late 19th century, Manistee was one of the leading shingle manufacturing cities in the world, with over 30 shingle mills on the Manistee river at one time. During the lumber boom of the 1880s, Manistee was the headquarters of its own railroad, the Manistee and North-Eastern, and had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmanisteecounty.com/manistee|title=Manistee – Manistee County Tourism – Manistee, Michigan|website=visitmanisteecounty.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}

Manistee is also associated with the salt industry. Manistee is now the home of three factories on Lake Manistee; Packaging Corporation of America, Morton Salt, and Martin Marietta. For this reason, Manistee is known as the "Salt City".{{Cite web |last=Fedder |first=Mark |date=2016-02-01 |title=The Salt Industry in Manistee |url=https://www.visitmanisteecounty.com/the-salt-industry-in-manistee |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=Manistee County Tourism – Manistee, Michigan |language=en-US}} The town is also a local favorite for tourism and fishing.

Manistee is home to a radio station, WMTE-FM (101.5), and was previously home to the now-defunct WMTE (1340 AM). The Ludington Daily News, Manistee News Advocate and Traverse City Record-Eagle cover the Manistee area and distribute daily newspapers in the city.

Formerly distributing newspapers in Manistee included the Bear Lake Beacon, the Copemish Courier, the Manistee Advocate, the Manistee Daily Advocate (which became the Manistee News Advocate), the Manistee Daily News, the Manistee Democrat, and the Onekama Lake Breeze.

Manistee is home to 10 West Studios{{cite web|title=10West Studios|url=http://www.10weststudios.com/#/|publisher=10West Studios|access-date=18 March 2012}} which produces full-length motion pictures. Notable movies include: What If..., starring Kevin Sorbo and John Ratzenberger filmed in Manistee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/2009/07/what_if_directtodvd_movie_film.html|title='What If' direct-to-DVD movie filming in Manistee, Grand Rapids|last=Serba|first=John|date=2009-07-02|website=mlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-02}} Jerusalem Countdown featuring Randy Travis, Stacy Keach and Lee Majors, Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy starring Christopher Lloyd and Ernie Hudson, and God Bless the Broken Road starring Jordin Sparks and Lindsay Pulsipher

• Orchard Beach State Park is approximately 2 miles north of Manistee.
• Little River Casino Resort is approximately 5 miles northeast of Manistee.
• Manistee National Golf Resort is approximately 2 miles south of Manistee.
• Manistee Golf and Country Club was established in 1901 and is located within the city of Manistee.
• There are three public beaches, Fifth Avenue Beach with the small man-made lake next to Fifth Avenue Beach and First Street Beach, located respectively north and south of the harbor entrance on the shore of Lake Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.manistee.com/|title=Manistee is yours to discover}}

Manistee has museums, an opera house, and recurring events.[http://www.manistee-cvb.com/attractions/culture.php Manistee Attractions, Events, Culture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812101705/http://manistee-cvb.com/attractions/culture.php |date=2007-08-12 }} These include:

Image:CityOfMilwaukee.jpg, a retired railroad car ferry, in Manistee harbor]]

• Arcadia Area Historical Museum[http://www.arcadiami.com/index.html Historic Arcadia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124113155/http://www.arcadiami.com/index.html |date=2008-01-24 }}
• Armory Youth Project {{cite news|url=http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/armory-youth-project-former-national-guard-armory-in-manistee-turned/article_071e6938-5b4a-11e7-99c9-838006b30578.html|title=Armory Youth Project, former National Guard armory in Manistee turned into place for kids|first=Colton |last=Mokofsky|newspaper= Daily News}}
• Brethren Heritage Museum{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmanistee.com/brethren|title=Brethren1}}
• Kaleva Bottle House Museum also known as the John J. Makinen Bottle House
• Kaleva Train Depot Museum
• Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary (Michigan Audubon Society){{cite web|url=http://manisteeaudubon.blogspot.com/2009/11/chickadee-christmas-at-lake-bluff.html|title=Manistee Audubon|author=Brian Allen|date=20 November 2009}}[http://www.michigan.org/Property/Detail.aspx?p=B14321 Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary at] Pure Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.michiganaudubon.org/conservation/sanctuaries/index.html?index_item=38409&db_item=listitem|title=Bird Sanctuaries : Lansing, Michigan : Birding Trips|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919182630/http://michiganaudubon.org/conservation/sanctuaries/index.html?index_item=38409&db_item=listitem|archive-date=2010-09-19}}
• Manistee Art Institute {{cite web|url=http://www.manistee-art.org/about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719165541/http://www.manistee-art.org/about.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2008|title=Manistee-Art|date=19 July 2008|access-date=17 April 2018}}
• Manistee County Historical Museum{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mimanist/ManGenSoc.html|title=Manistee Area Genealogical and Historical Societies}}
• Manistee Fire Hall{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1191|title=Manistee Fire Hall Marker}}[http://www.ci.manistee.mi.us/CityFire.html Manistee Fire Department.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806010344/http://www.ci.manistee.mi.us/CityFire.html |date=2010-08-06 }}
• Manistee National Forest Festival
• Marilla Historical Museum{{cite web|url=http://www.manistee-cvb.com/marilla|title=Marilla1|access-date=2010-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227062712/http://www.manistee-cvb.com/marilla|archive-date=2010-02-27|url-status=dead}}
• Our Savior's Historical Museum
• Ramsdell Theatre, home to the Manistee Civic Players.[http://www.ramsdell-theater.org/pages/ Ramsdell Theatre.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061221095547/http://www.ramsdell-theater.org/pages/ |date=2006-12-21 }} and the Manistee Art Institute.[http://www.ramsdell-theater.org/manistee1.htm Manistee Art Institute at Ramsdell Theatre.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000902054006/http://www.ramsdell-theater.org/manistee1.htm |date=2000-09-02 }}
• Riverwalk, {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} of Victoriana and scenic river views.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmanisteemichigan.com/downtown_manistee_riverwalk.php|title=Visit Manistee Michigan – Manistee County Travel Information}}
• Page Road
• {{SS|City of Milwaukee}}, a National Historic Landmark{{cite web|url=http://www.carferry.com/|title=S.S. City of Milwaukee – Site of the S.S. City of Milwaukee and the Coast Guard Cutter Acacia}}
• Victorian Manistee Tours
• Victorian Sleighbell Parade and Old Christmas Weekend{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmanisteemichigan.com/stories/victorian_sleighbell_parade__old_christmas_weekend|title=Visit Manistee Michigan – Manistee Victorian Sleighbell Parade Old Christmas Weekend West Michigan}}
• Historic Vogue Theatre built in 1938, having Art Deco/Art Moderne design elements, and considered to be notable.{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/924/|title=Vogue Theatre}}
• Waterworks Building[http://ww2.aaa.com/travel2/tourbook/attractionInfo.xhtml?targetID=518359&office=998&lang=en&club=47&association=AAA&dt=1266696948934 Waterworks Building and Museum],{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} AAA, Michigan.

Manistee has a historic downtown with many original buildings from the Victorian era. The entire Downtown District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are a good variety of retail stores in Manistee, many of which are locally owned and operated.

The Michigan Department of Corrections Oaks Correctional Facility is in Manistee Township, near Manistee."[http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,1607,7-119--55689--,00.html Oaks Correctional Facility (ECF)]." Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 10, 2010."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US2610150740&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Manistee township, Manistee County, Michigan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608175525/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US2610150740&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-08 }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.

• Over 40 charter fishing boats{{cite web|url=http://www.fishmanistee.com|title=Welcome to the Manistee Area Charterboat Association}} operate on Lake Michigan from Manistee County ports.
• Fishing in the Manistee River can yield salmon and steelhead.{{cite web|url=http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/manistee.html|title=Fly Fishing the Manistee River in Michigan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106082929/http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/manistee.html|archive-date=2008-01-06}}
• Because a large portion of the county is public land, hunting is popular.
• Filmmaker Michael Moore visited Manistee in February 2011 to support the restoration of the Vogue Theatre in downtown Manistee.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/02/michael_moore_visiting_maniste.html |title=Michael Moore visiting Manistee's Vogue Theater |publisher=Muskegon Chronicle |date=2011-02-08 |access-date=2011-05-25}}

The Manistee Saints are a semi-professional baseball team that have called Manistee home since 1934. Their home games are at Rietz Park in Manistee. Formerly, the Manistee Colts and the Manistee Champs played in the Michigan State League, a minor league baseball league.

There are many golf courses located around the city of Manistee.

• Manistee National Golf and Resort
• Manistee Country Club
• Fox Hills Golf Course
• Wolf River Golf Park
• Fawn Crest Golf Course
• Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course
• Crystal Mountain
• Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort

There are also two ski resorts near the city of Manistee.

• Crystal Mountain (30 miles North)
• Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort (36 miles East)

There are many disc golf courses, mountain biking trails, and hiking trails all over Manistee County and in the city of Manistee.

Elementary

• James Madison Elementary (DayCare, Pre-School, K), Manistee Area Public Schools
• Thomas Jefferson Elementary (1-2), Manistee Area Public Schools
• Trinity Lutheran School (K-8), Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Private School

Secondary

• Casman Alternative Academy (7-12), Provides an alternative education for those in Manistee County and surrounding areas.
• Manistee Middle/High School (6-12), Manistee Area Public Schools, Class B/Division 3 ; Division 5 (Football) in sports

All grades

• Manistee Catholic Central School (K-12), Roman Catholic private school, Class D/Division 4 ; Division 8 (Football)

Elementary

• John F. Kennedy Elementary (Location of Former Middle School) (3-5), Manistee Area Public Schools

Elementary

• George Washington Elementary (K-6), Manistee Area Public Schools
• Abraham Lincoln Elementary (K-6), Manistee Area Public Schools
• John F. Kennedy Elementary (Parkdale Location) (4-6), Manistee Area Public Schools

Secondary

• Guardian Angels Schools (7-12), Catholic Church School
• St. Joseph Schools (K-12), Catholic Church School
• Newland Academy (6-12), School (Type Unknown) (formerly "Lake Bluff Academy")[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19980331&id=zJEKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-UsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998,7527702 Braciszewski, Kevin. (March 31, 1998) Manistee County School has New Name], Ludington Daily News.

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• Tomaszewski Country School (K-8), School (One Room Country School)Closed 1959/60 Students moved to Parkdale School
• Union School (?-?), School (Type Unknown)
• Woodrow Wilson Elementary (?-?), Manistee Area Public Schools

• Manistee is served by Manistee County Blacker Airport (IATA: MBL, ICAO: KMBL, FAA LID: MBL), approximately {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of the city. Starting in May 2012, Cape Air offered non-stop scheduled flights{{cite web|url= https://flymanistee.com/ |title=FlyManistee|publisher=FlyManistee.com|accessdate=October 24, 2023}} to and from Chicago Midway International Airport. By 2023, Cape Air was flying out of Chicago’s O’Hare, and had codesharing or interline agreements with other carriers including American and United.
• {{jct|state=MI|US|31|Tour|LMCT}} traverses the heart of Manistee, running southerly toward Scottville and Muskegon and northerly toward Bear Lake and Traverse City.
• {{jct|state=MI|M|22|Tour|LMCT}} begins {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of Manistee{{cite web |url=http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m22/ |title=M-22 @ Michigan Highway Ends |access-date=2005-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206071933/http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m22/ |archive-date=2005-12-06 }}
• {{jct|state=MI|M|55}} begins {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of Manistee and proceeds easterly across the Lower Peninsula to Tawas City.[http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m55/ M-55 end point photos] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211220346/http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m55/ |date=2007-12-11 }}
• {{jct|state=MI|M 1973|110}} is a former state trunkline that used to run from US 31 on the city line of Manistee and Parkdale within Manistee Township to Orchard State Park. It was decommissioned in 2003.
• Great Lakes Central Railroad provides rail service to industries in Manistee.

• Robert R. Blacker, Canadian-born politician and lumber baron{{cite book |last=Michigan Historical Commission|date=1924 |title=Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1 |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2jhAAAAMAAJ|language=English |location=|page=86|isbn=}}
• Dave Campbell, baseball player and sportscaster
• Byron M. Cutcheon, Civil War veteran and winner of the Medal of Honor, congressman, attorney, and postmaster
• Fred W. Green, governor of Michigan, 1927–1931
• Nels Johnson and his business of Century tower clocks
• James Earl Jones, actor; first began acting at the Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee
• Edward Kozlowski, Polish-American priest, later Bishop of Milwaukee
• Michael J. Malik Sr., developer
• Harry W. Musselwhite, politician and newspaper publisher
• Harriet Quimby, first licensed American woman aviator; born in nearby Arcadia Township
• Olaf Swenson, fur trader, adventurer, and author
• George W. Tennant, cook, Antarctic explorer
• Toni Trucks, actor; first began acting at the Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee
• Robert Pershing Wadlow, the world's tallest man in medical history; died at the Hotel Chippewa in Manistee on July 15, 1940.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905594/bio |title=Biography for Robert Wadlow |publisher=IMDb |access-date=March 6, 2012}}

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• House of Flavors

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• [http://clarke.cmich.edu/localhistory/Manistee.htm Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Bibliography for Manistee County.]
• Shannon McRae, Images of America: Manistee County (2003)
• Curran N. Russell and Dona Degen Baer, The Lumberman's Legacy (1954)

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• {{Official website|manisteemi.gov}}
• [http://www.visitmanisteecounty.com/ Manistee County convention and business bureau, with links to local events and attractions]
• {{Cite NSRW|wstitle=Manistee|short=x}}

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