Dutch Heritage In Kent And Ottawa Counties

Author : Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : History
ISBN : 153163902X

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On February 9, 1847, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte chose a site on Michigan's Black River and founded what became Holland. Motivated in part by a potato famine and crop failures, the settlers also sought religious freedom. Other countrymen followed, leaving an indelible mark on the character of southwest Michigan. Jan Douma and Matteus Notier, Union soldiers from Graafschap, guarded the bier of slain president Abraham Lincoln. Newbery Medal-winning children's author Meindert DeJong came from Grand Rapids, as did Caldecott Medalist Chris Van Allsburg. The legacy includes Hope, Calvin, and Kuyper Colleges, the world-class Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center at Spectrum Hospital, DeVos Performance Hall, Van Andel Arena, the DeGraaf Nature Center, Windmill Island, Dutch Village, and Veldheer's Tulip Gardens. The Dutch forefathers passed their values on to their progeny to make the area what it is today.

Author : Norma Lewis,Jay de Vries
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738560286

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Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties by Norma Lewis,Jay de Vries Pdf

On February 9, 1847, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte chose a site on Michigan's Black River and founded what became Holland. Motivated in part by a potato famine and crop failures, the settlers also sought religious freedom. Other countrymen followed, leaving an indelible mark on the character of southwest Michigan. Jan Douma and Matteus Notier, Union soldiers from Graafschap, guarded the bier of slain president Abraham Lincoln. Newbery Medal-winning children's author Meindert DeJong came from Grand Rapids, as did Caldecott Medalist Chris Van Allsburg. The legacy includes Hope, Calvin, and Kuyper Colleges, the world-class Fredrik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, the Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center at Spectrum Hospital, DeVos Performance Hall, Van Andel Arena, the DeGraaf Nature Center, Windmill Island, Dutch Village, and Veldheer's Tulip Gardens. The Dutch forefathers passed their values on to their progeny to make the area what it is today.

Author : Joan Magee
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015032240189

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A Dutch Heritage by Joan Magee Pdf

"Industry in the Wilderness by Frank Rasky is an account of the overcoming of natural elements in order to harvest the resource wealth of northwestern Ontario. It is part of the Dundurn Local History series. It is an oral history of lumberjacks, gold seekers, bush pilots, and early hydro men. Herein lies the major problem with the book. Rasky attempts to cover four important aspects of northwestern Ontario in only 128 pages. This impossible task is even further complicated by the fact that more than half of the book is devoted to pictures and diagrams ... The pictures and diagrams dominate the book to such an extent that one could ignore the text and still find a wealth of information about the topic. The diagrams of a paper mill, a gold mine, and a hydro-electric power plant could be a valuable teaching aid to students interested in those areas. The pictures are exceptionally good."--Umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol12no5/industryinthewilderness.html.

Author : Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0738584142

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Wyoming by Norma Lewis,Jay De Vries Pdf

Wyoming, Michigan, became a city in 1959, the same year Alaska and Hawaii became states, but its history began more than a century earlier. The first permanent settlers came in 1832, and in 1848 the region split, with the northern portion becoming Wyoming and the southern Byron Center. Wyoming flourished. The farmers came first with the businesses that supported them, and industry followed. The various gypsum mines were among the earliest arrivals. General Motors built a stamping plant on Thirty-sixth Street that helped pull the township out of the Great Depression in 1936. It was a success, so the company built a diesel plant on Burlingame Avenue. Reynolds Metals, Steelcase, Light Metals, Bell Fibre, and others found Wyoming a good place to relocate. People wanted to live where they worked, and that meant an ever-increasing number of houses were built, followed by additional schools, churches, shops, and restaurants. Rogers Plaza was West Michigan's first enclosed mall. Though often contentious, the local government did its best to live up to an ambitious slogan, "Wyoming: the City of Vision and Progress."

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009911251

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Mary L. Wermuth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012423813

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Michigan's Centennial Family Farm Heritage, 1986 by Mary L. Wermuth Pdf

Author : Sally Barber
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780472035304

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The Michigan Eco-Traveler by Sally Barber Pdf

The first ever guide to green fun in the Mitten state

Author : Philip L. Barlow,Mark Silk
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0759106312

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Religion and Public Life in the Midwest by Philip L. Barlow,Mark Silk Pdf

Not just in the middle geographically, the Midwest represents the American average in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and values. The region's religious portrait matches the national religious portrait more closely than any other region. But far from making the Midwest dull, "average" means most every religious group and religious issue are represented in this region. Unlike other volumes in the series, Religion and Public Life in the Midwest includes a chapter devoted to a single city (Chicago), a chapter on a single Mainline Protestant denomination (Lutherans), and a chapter on religious variations in urban, surburan, and rural settings. This fourth book in the Religion by Region series does not neglect the pervasive image of the "typical" Midwesterner, but it does let the region's marbled religious diversity come through.

Author : Michigan Genealogical Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Michigan
ISBN : UOM:39015071221280

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Guide to the Michigan Genealogical & Historical Collections at the Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan by Michigan Genealogical Council Pdf

Author : Eric Freedman
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0472082000

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Michigan Free by Eric Freedman Pdf

A comprehensive guide to no-cost entertainment, travel, and recreation opportunities in Michigan.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Archives
ISBN : WISC:89062941877

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Preserving Our Heritage by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gail Gunst Heffner,David P. Warners
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609177621

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Reconciliation in a Michigan Watershed by Gail Gunst Heffner,David P. Warners Pdf

Like many American urban waterways, Ken-O-Sha has been in decline for nearly two hundred years. Once life-supporting, the waterway now known as Plaster Creek is life-threatening. In this provocative book, scholars and environmentalists Gail Gunst Heffner and David P. Warners explore the watershed’s ecological, social, spiritual, and economic history to determine what caused the damage, and describe more recent efforts to repair it. Heffner and Warners provide insight into the concept of reconciliation ecology, as enacted through their group, Plaster Creek Stewards,who together with community partners refuse to accept the status quo of a contaminated creek unfit for children’s play, severely reduced biological diversity, and environmental injustices. Their work reveals that reconciliation ecology needs to focus not only on repairing damaged human–nature relationships, but also on the relationships between people groups, including Indigenous North Americans and the descendants of European colonizers.

Author : Martin J. Hershock
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Michigan
ISBN : 9780821415139

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The Paradox of Progress by Martin J. Hershock Pdf

"Martin Hershock traces the ways in which all classes in the state of Michigan found themselves simultaneously attracted to the enticements of the new world of the market and repulsed by its excess and instability. The Paradox of Progress is a study of Michigan history and politics as well as an analysis of the factors underlying the history of the GOP and its evolution from the party that supported the antislavery movement, free soil, free labor, and Lincoln the Rail-Splitter into the party of Mark Hanna, J.P. Morgan, and William McKinley."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : School districts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003641474

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MDR's School Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : WISC:89066254038

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Heritage Quest by Anonim Pdf