History :

The first pioneers to settle in Crockery Township came to the area approximately 11,000 years ago. Evidence of their presence comes from two small finds along the Grand River near Crockery Creek. Known to archaeologists as Paleo-Indians, these people lived in small groups collecting wild plants as they ripened and hunting game animals for meat, skins, bone and sinew. During the long period known as the Archaic (from about 8000 BC to approximately 600 BC) people living in Crockery Township relied on a variety of abundant plants including nuts, berries, seeds and possibly maple sugar.                    

                    Some time around 600 BC a revolution occurred throughout eastern North America that eventually spread to Crockery Township. The revolution brought new technology, new burial customs and new foods to the area. It was during this time that the people began to manufacture pottery, bury the dead in sacred burial mounds and eventually grow a variety of plants which were imported from other areas including corn and squash.