page_title: Petoskey, Michigan
section_title: Later history
hierarchical_section_title: Petoskey, Michigan / History / Later history
caption_attribution_description: English: Petoskey, Michigan from the harbor
context_page_description: Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was estimated at approximately close to 5,670 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Emmet County, located at the northern end of the Lower Peninsula.
context_section_description: In the late 19th century, Petoskey was in the region of Northern Michigan where 50,000 passenger pigeon birds were killed daily in massive hunts, leading to their complete extinction in the early 20th century. A state historical marker memorializes these events, including the last great nesting of the passenger pigeons at Crooked Lake in 1878. One hunter was reputed to have personally killed "a million birds" and earned $60,000, the equivalent of $1 million today.
  Petoskey is noted for a high concentration of ancient fossil coral, now named Petoskey stones, designated as the state stone of Michigan. 
  This city was the northern terminus of the Chicago and West Michigan Railway.
  The Petoskey stone is named after Odawa Chief Ignatius Petosega (1787–1885). With members descended from the numerous bands in northern Michigan, the Little Traverse Bay Band is a federally recognized tribe that has its headquarters at nearby Harbor Springs, Michigan. It also owns and operates a gaming casino in Petoskey.
caption: Petoskey viewed from the harbor, circa 1900s
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