In 1848 a joint resolution required an annual return from the adviser of the number of insane, deaf, dumb, and blind people in the state.
Not until 1853 was money, $20,000, appropriated out of the general fund of the state treasury.
Between 1987 and 2003 Michigan closed three quarters of its 16 state psychiatric facilities.
The large hospital complex in Nankin Township called Eloise was not a Michigan State Asylum.
It was founded as a poor house and farm in 1839 and grew into a large hospital complex.