TitleAxford House DateJuly 24. 1901 SubjectAxford House DescriptionPhoto of the residents of the Axford house, later known as the Kearsley House at the corner of Kearl... View Details
TitleFirst Street Car in Flint Date1901 SubjectInterurbans DescriptionB&W photo of the first interurban arriving in Flint on
Saginaw Street at Fifth St. The first test ... View Details
TitleFlushing Road:East of New Calvary Cemetery DateAug 4, 1901 SubjectRoad-Flushing DescriptionB&W photo of Flushing road east of the New Calvary Cemetery.
Fred Tiedman is standing in corner of ... View Details
TitleThe Circus Comes To Town Date1905 SubjectStreet-S. Saginaw DescriptionB&W photo of Saginaw Street looking north from the intersection of Kearsley. Flint, MI. A circus par... View Details
TitleBuick: Made in Flint Date1907 SubjectAutomobile Industry DescriptionB&W photo of Flint made Buicks lined up in front of the Buick Motors Headquarters View Details
TitleFlint Wagon Works Date1908 SubjectCarriage Industry DescriptionB&W photo of the Flint Wagon Works on W. Kearsley in Flint.
The company was the first incorporated ... View Details
TitleJean Baptiste Parrisien Date1900 SubjectParrisien, Jean Baptiste, 1812-1912 DescriptionJean Baptiste Parrisien, 1812-1912, a voyageur, arrived in Grand Haven with Louis Campau and Richard... View Details
TitleCharles R. Shupe Date 1920 SubjectShupe, Charles R., 1866-1927 DescriptionCharles R. Shupe, 1866-1927, came to Grand Haven when Challenge Machinery Company moved from Chicago... View Details
TitleRev. L.M.S. Smith Date1850 SubjectSmith, Le Moyne Seth, 1808-1894 DescriptionRev. Le Moyne Seth Smith, 1808-1894, arrived in Ottawa County in 1947 as a Presbysterian minister. ... View Details
TitleRobert Stuart Date1835 SubjectStuart, Robert, 1785-1848 DescriptionIn 1810, along with John Jacob Astor, Robert Stuart organized the Pacific Fur Company. Stuart suppl... View Details
TitleHunter Savidge Date1860 SubjectSavidge, Hunter, 1828-1881 DescriptionHunter Savidge came to Spring Lake in 1856 to manufacture lumber as an associate of Young and Montag... View Details
TitleNathaniel Volney Slayton Date1875 SubjectSlayton, Nathaniel Volney, 1838-1889 DescriptionIn 1873, Nathaniel Volney Slayton opened a grocery store in the Cutler House block. He was one of t... View Details
TitleShanty Town near General Motors Plant Date1910 SubjectAutomobile Industry DescriptionB&W photo of the shanty town that was built up around the Buick Motor Co. when the new jobs brought ... View Details
TitleLogging Camp at Long Lake, Michigan Datec.1889 SubjectLumber camps--Michigan--History--19th century LCSH DescriptionBlack and white photograph of men working the logging camp in Long Lake, Michigan View Details
TitleGeorge Parks Date1867 SubjectParks, George, 1817-1880 DescriptionGeorge Parks, the first mayor of Grand Haven, elected 1867, settled in Grand Haven in 1844. Captain... View Details
TitleStephen Munroe Date1873 SubjectMunroe, Stephen DescriptionDr. Stephen Munroe came to Grand Haven in 1850. Although a busy physician, he also was an entrepren... View Details
TitleEdward Payson Ferry Date1877 SubjectFerry, Edward Payson, 1837-1917 DescriptionEdward Ferry was the son of William Montague and Amanda White Ferry. He engaged in lumbering, acqui... View Details
TitleGeorge E. Hubbard Date1883 SubjectHubbard, George E., 1833-1891 DescriptionGeorge Hubbard came to Grand Haven from Chicago in 1856 and opened the first tin and hardware store.... View Details
TitlePierre C. Duvernay Date1834 SubjectDuvernay, Pierre C., 1790-1862 DescriptionDuvernay, a French-Canadian, accompanied Ferry on his journey from Detroit to Grand Haven. They arr... View Details
TitleWilliam Montague Ferry Date1858 SubjectFerry, William Montague, 1796-1867 DescriptionReverend Ferry had been a missionary on Mackinac Island, who in the summer of 1834, made a circuit o... View Details
TitleInterview with Michigan Supreme Court Justice Theodore Souris Date1991 SubjectMichigan Supreme Court DescriptionInterview conducted by Roger F. Lane for the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. Justice Sou... View Details
TitleBurkett, Omer Oral History Date1988 SubjectNewton Steel Strike - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Omer Burkett and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan durin... View Details
TitleChampagne, William Oral History Date1982 SubjectMornoe Piers - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of William Champagne and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan. View Details
TitleColpaert, Raymond M. Oral History Date1985 SubjectNewton Steel Strike - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Raymond Colpaert and his recollections of life in Monroe County, Michigan d... View Details
TitleConlisk, Francis Oral History Date1977 SubjectProhibition - Monroe(county), Michigan DescriptionRecorded oral history of Francis and Isabelle Conlisk and their recollections of life in Monroe Coun... View Details
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