Clare Michigan may seem like your ordinary Midwest town, but some of the people that lived here were far from usual. In these pages you will read about.. a man who was shipwrecked in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a couple who missed their trip to America on the Titanic, a man who came to Clare with almost nothing and became her most famous citizen, and what story about Clare would be complete without gangsters. Where They Lived Historic Clare Michigan Homes and the People Who Lived in Them chronicles the lives of the people who lived in fifty-one historic Clare homes. After reading this book you will see these houses in a new light, and hopefully appreciate the history behind them.