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Pioneer farmers found the glacial outwash sandy soil poor for farming and many farms were abandoned, reverting to state ownership for non-payment of taxes. Many clearings within the Ogemaw Hills
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Ogemaw State Forest was administratively created in 1914 under the leadership of
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