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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFP_otsego-civil-war-memorial_Otsego-MI.html
In MemoriamGiven in F.C. and L.The Soldiers and SailorsWho DiedThat the Union Might Live
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDR_the-first-pioneers-of-graafschap_Holland-MI.html
In memory of the First Pioneers of Graafschaap of which the following are buried here Lambert Tinholt????? ?????1849Infant Neerken??? ???????1850Geesje Kropschot??? ???????1850Geert Kamps??????????1850Roelafje Schrow??????????1850Hendrik Brinkm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDP_graafschap-christian-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
(Side One)Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. V. Raalte. In June of that year a separate group of seventy people from G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDO_old-wing-mission_Holland-MI.html
The main portion of this building was the residence of George N. Smith, a Congregational missionary to the Indians in this area and at Waukazoo's Village on nearby Lake Macatawa. The mission was named after an Indian convert. Built in 1844-45 by I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDM_oakland-christian-reformed-church_Hamilton-MI.html
A Dutch settlement known as Oakland sprang up in this area about a decade after the founding of nearby Holland in 1847. Many residents worshipped with the Vriesland and Drenthe congregations until they formed their own churches. One group, North O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDK_henika-ladies-library_Wayland-MI.html
Upon her death in April 1899, Julia Robinson Henika bequeathed two thousand dollars to the Wayland Ladies Library Association for construction of a library building. Her husband George H. Henika, and mother, Mary Forbes, later donated additional f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDI_welcome-to-wayland_Wayland-MI.html
It is hard to imagine now, but 200 years ago, the place we know as Wayland was densely forested and the people who lived here, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of the Pottawatomi, lived in settled villages, farming, hunting, and gathering the ric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECO_overisel-overisel-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
(Side One)OveriselSeeking religious liberty and better economic opportunity in a new land, the Reverend Seine Bolks and a congregation of about two dozen families, left Hellendoorn, Province of Overisel, The Netherlands, on August 18, 1847. The gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECN_mt-baldhead_Douglas-MI.html
Mt. Baldhead is one of Michigan's tallest dunes. Local Indians used it for their White Dog ceremonial sacrifice. In 1884 it became a park with camping at the foot and observation tower on top. In 1890, the first Fat Mans Club dune climb took place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECM_the-old-school-house_Douglas-MI.html
The School House opened its doors in 1867, replacing a one-room school nearby. Known then as the Douglas Union School and part of a new public school consolidation movement in Michigan, the school offered classes at all grades—pioneering in …
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