1933 Map of Peacock SW

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Little Manistee River and the Sauble River wind through this heavily glaciated pocket of Lake County, where early 1930s land use is defined by a dense network of inland lakes and nascent automotive infrastructure. The settlement of Peacock sits at the junction of the Pere Marquette railroad and State Hy No 63, serving as a vital transport link for the surrounding townships. Local education is centered at the Bass Lake Sch, situated near the extensive Sauble Chain Lakes and the notably named Isle of Four Winds within Johnson L. The landscape's transition from timber harvesting to recreation is evident in the presence of the Gremont Club and the watchful Peacock Fire Tower, which provided a vantage point over the township's vast second-growth forests and numerous water bodies like Loon Lake and Zobel Lake.