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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ODN_highland-park-association_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Side 1 On May 10, 1886, the city of Grand Haven leased 60 acres of land to the newly founded and incorporated Highland Park Association for the purpose of establishing a resort community. Most of the 51 original members of the Association were p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBG_central-school_Grand-Haven-MI.html
The first Central School was built 1871. The Grand Haven Tribune hailed the belfry-topped school as the "finest in the state" and "the pride of every citizen of Grand Haven." The newspaper blamed arsonists for burning the school on May 5, 1901, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBC_khardomah-lodge-susan-hill-yerkes_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Khardomah Lodge In 1873 lumberman James Brayton built a cottage here, which he and his wife named "Khardomah Lodge." Susan Hill Yerkes bought the property in 1919, adding thirteen rooms and converting the cottage to a summer hotel, thus beginning…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9X_grand-haven_Grand-Haven-MI.html
This town began as a trading post established by Rix Robinson in the 1820s. Robinson, an agent for the American Fur Company, used this as one of his leading western Michigan posts. The Reverend William M. Ferry came here in 1834 from Mackinac to w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6V_grand-trunk-depot_Grand-Haven-MI.html
This depot was constructed in 1870 as the western terminus of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad. The line was later owned by the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The station served Grand Haven as a passenger depot until passenger servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5F_shipwrecks-and-the-coast-guard-the-escanaba_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Text on the Front Side: Shipwrecks and the Coast Guard In Autumn 1929 raging storms sank four ships on Lake Michigan between Grand Haven and Milwaukee. Two went down with all hands - a total of seventy-seven men. The cargo ship Andaste depar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O59_grand-haven-coast-guard-festival_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Grand Haven treasures its relationship with the United States Coast Guard, and the annual Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival is a celebrated tradition. What started in 1924 as a picnic and rowing competition among Coast Guard personnel has become a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4T_escanaba-park_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Text on the Front Side of the Marker: City of Grand Haven Escanaba Park Parks & Recreation Text on the Back Side of the Marker: Originally named John Kelly Park, the name of the park was changed on August 4, 1949 in remembrance of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4G_in-memory-of-the-coast-guard-men-and-women_Grand-Haven-MI.html
In Memory of those Coast Guard Men and Women around the world that served at sea, on land and in the air during all of our country's conflicts since our founding in 1790. More especially to those extraordinary Coast Guard heroes that made th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4D_to-the-enlisted-men-of-the-united-states-coast-guard_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Text from the Top Plaque: To The Enlisted Men of the United States Coast Guard Who Have Given Their Lives In Line of Duty on Lake Michigan This Memorial is Respectfully Dedicated by the City of Grand Haven, Michigan August-4-1940 …
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