The Rifle River runs through the city, which is a prominent fishing location for sucker fish in the spring. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.16 square miles (3.00 km 2) of which 1.13 square miles (2.93 km 2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2) (2.59%) is water.
Ī second news story of note concerned the successful secession of two households from the city because the City of Omer was charging them a water tax while refusing to deliver water service to their property. The American Civil Liberties Union intervened on the canoeist's behalf and got the law struck down in court. Omer is the location of the story of the "cussing canoeist", the man who received a ticket under a century-old law for shouting a long stream of expletives in the presence of a woman and her two young children after he fell out of a canoe on the Rifle River. Two years later, a flood curtailed rebuilding efforts by washing out the local dam. A fire in 1914 almost eliminated the city, destroying 40 buildings and ending the early thrive that Omer had. In 1883, Omer was split off from Bay County into the newly formed Arenac County. The community received a station on the Detroit and Mackinaw Railroad, while in 1872 the area was platted. However, he found a post office in another town called Homer, Michigan and simply dropped the leading H, producing the final name. The town was originally named Rifle River Mills, but Carscallen, the first postmaster, wanted to rename the town Homer. Omer was founded by George Gorie and George Carscallen, who set up a sawmill along the Rifle River in 1866. The Second Arenac County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now home to the Arenac County Historical Society.
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