‘Mighty McGugin’ marker returns Historical plaque that vanished back in Mt. Pleasant Township
In 1882, nature put on quite a show in Mt. Pleasant Township. In March of that year, the Niagara Oil Co. was poking around in the earth at the farm of Alexander McGugin, on a hunt for oil and gas. It was about 23 years after the first gas well was drilled 120 miles to the north in ...