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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6U_aloys-bilz-house_Spring-Lake-MI.html
Constructed 1872
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6T_winsor-mccay_Spring-Lake-MI.html
Side 1
Winsor McCay (c.1867-1934), a pioneer in cartoon animation, first received acclaim for his artwork as a pupil in Spring Lake's Union School. His blackboard sketch of the 1880 wreck of the SS Alpena inspired a photographer to take a pictur…
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
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O23_escanaba-memorial-park_Grand-Haven-MI.html
Grand Haven remembers and honors the United States Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba at Escanaba Memorial Park. Based in Grand Haven from 1932 to 1942, the Escanaba embarked on many Great Lakes rescue and ice-breaking missions. The vessel left for servi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1M_the-boardwalk_Grand-Haven-MI.html
The Grand River riverfront has been many things. It was a bustling gateway to Lake Michigan for lumber and shipping in the 1800s. After years of neglect, in the 1950s it gained new life as a vital part of Grand Haven's downtown. In the early 1980s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDN_ebenezer-reformed-church_Holland-MI.html
Members of the First Reformed Church in Holland founded this congregation in 1866 to provide a place of worship for the settlers living southeast of town. Heavy immigration from the Netherlands prompted this move. The Dutch language was used exclu…