Rocky Mountain Horses for Sale near Lake Odessa, MI

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Rocky Mountain - Horse for Sale in Portage, MI 49024
Simon
Simon has had ample hands on since birth. Solid ground manners with a very ..
Portage, Michigan
Champagne
Rocky Mountain
Gelding
8
Portage, MI
MI
Sold
1

About Lake Odessa, MI

Several brothers in the Russell family began settling here around 1839 and it became known as the "Russell Settlement". It later became known as "Bonanza" and a Post Office with that name was established in 1880. When the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad (later the Pere Marquette Railroad) was built through the area in the 1880s, the village was moved about a mile southwest. At that time the name was changed to "Lake Odessa", derived from the nearby Jordan Lake and the name of Odessa Township, which had been established in 1846. The township had been named for the city of Odessa in Ukraine, reflecting an interest of one of the founders in Ukraine as well as a desire for a distinctive name.