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Transcribed for use online by:
Ronnie Aungst, Jennifer Godwin, Ed Howe, Tom McCormick,
Barbara Jones, Jessica Trotter, Evelyn Sawyer, Amy Brown Cyndi Kuhlman, Julie
Powers and
Donna Rogers
There is a website where you can link to and download - the University
of Michigan has completed almost all of the Michigan County Histories including
some of our local histories: 1881 Chapman, 1891 Baxter, 1906 Goss, 1878 Everett,
1918 Fisher, and White's Old Grand Rapids, 1925 and volume III of White's by
Fuller mainly of biographical sketches of Grand Rapids residents, 1926 -
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty/
Table of Contents:
Chapter
I: Location and Surroundings; pp. 1-21
Chapter
II: Indian Occupation of Western Michigan; pp.22-44
Chapter
III: The Advent of the White Man; pp. 45-53
Chapter IV: The Settlement--The Pioneer Colony; pp. 54-62
Chapter
V: Incidents and Reminiscences; pp. 63-68
Chapter VI: Early Descriptive Sketches; pp. 69-80
Chapter
VII: Outline Sketch--Colonial, Territorial, State and Local; pp. 81-84
Chapter
VIII: Beginnings in the Two Townships; pp. 85-88
Chapter IX: The Village of Grand Rapids; pp. 89-97
Chapter X: Enterprising Pioneers--Who Some of Them Were
and What They Did; pp. 98-120
Chapter XI: The Civil Chronicle--Events of Forty Years;
pp. 121-142
Chapter
XII: The Old Residents Association of the Grand River Valley; pp. 143-148
Chapter
XIII: The City Charter; pp. 149-153
Chapter XIV: Municipal Annals; pp. 154-166
Chapter
XV: Fourth of July Celebrations; pp. 167-170
Chapter
XVI: Climate-Temperature-Storms-Floods-Rainfall; pp. 171-173
Chapter
XVII: Fifty-six Winter Seasons; pp. 174-178
Chapter
XVIII: The Police Department; pp. 179-180
Chapter XIX: The Fire Department; pp. 181-187
Chapter
XX: Records of Important Fires; pp. 188-190
Chapter
XXI: Immigrations and Nativities; pp. 191-193
Chapter
XXII: Political Parties and Elections; pp. 194-198
Chapter
XXIII: Temperance and Liquor; pp. 199-205
Chapter XXIV: The Water Supply; pp. 206-213
Chapter
XXV: Lights and Electricity; pp. 214-218
Chapter
XXVI: The Public Schools; pp. 219-238
Chapter
XXVII: Academic, Private and Parochial Schools; pp. 239-245
Chapter XXVIII: Libraries, Scientific Institute, School
Societies, and Ladies' Literary Clubs; pp. 246-253
Chapter
XXIX: Art--Photograph, Painting and Music; pp. 254-259
Chapter
XXX: The Press of Grand Rapids; pp. 260-277
Chapter XXXI: Churches and Religious Societies; pp. 279-351
Chapter
XXXII: Benevolent Institutions and Organizations; pp. 352-361
Chapter XXXIII: Public Buildings; pp. 362-383
Deaths
of Inmates of the Old Soldiers' Home
Chapter XXXIV: Kent County Government; pp. 384-392
Chapter XXXV: The City Administration; pp. 393-404
Chapter
XXXVI: Parks and Cemeteries; pp. 495-413
Cemeteries (Exerpted) Chapter
XXXVII: Salt Wells and Works; pp. 414-416
Chapter
XXXVIII: Gypsum and Plaster of Paris; pp. 417-423
Chapter XXXIX: Flouring Mills, Saw Mills and Lumber; pp.
424-437
Chapter
XL: Foundries and Machine Shops--Iron, Brass and Other Metal; pp. 438-450
Chapter
XLI: Wagons, Carriages and Other Vehicles; pp. 451-460
Chapter
XLII: Manufacture of Furniture and Cabinets; pp. 461-482
Chapter
XLIII: Industrial Enterprises Not Elsewhere Classified; pp. 483-504
Chapter
XLIV: Farm, Garden and Stock; pp. 505-514
Chapter
XLV: Navigation; pp. 515-522
Chapter
XLVI: Early Highways, Stages and Plank Roads; pp. 523-529
Chapter
XLVII: Railways; pp. 527-539
Chapter
XLVIII: Street Railways and Gravel Roads; pp. 540-543
Chapter
XLIX: Bridges Across Grand River, pp. 544-547
Chapter
L: Village Roads and City Streets; pp. 548-558
Chapter
LI: Entertainment; pp. 559-570
Chapter LII: Military--State and Local Militia; pp. 560-574
Chapter LIII: Grand Rapids and Kent County in the War
for the Union; pp. 575-599
Chapter LIV: Volunteers and Commissions; pp. 600-613
Chapter LV: Fatalities in the Active Service; pp. 614-621
Chapter LVI: Early
Marriages, Golden
Weddings and Deaths
of Village Residents; pp. 622-628
Chapter LVII: Orders, Societies and Clubs; pp. 629-640
Chapter LVIII: Improvements and Progress; pp. 641-644
Chapter LIX: Trade, Commerce, Business Agencies and Contractors;
pp. 645-664
Chapter
LX: Meats and Marketing; pp. 665-666
Chapter LXI: Banks and Banking; pp. 667-690
Chapter LXII: Medicine and Surgery; pp. 691-726
Chapter LXIII: Dentistry--Drugs--Independent Doctors; pp. 727-729
Chapter LXIV: The Bench and the Bar; pp. 730-760
Chapter LXV: Buildings and Homes; pp. 761-788
Chapter LXVI: Statistics; pp. 789-793
Addendum;
p. 793
APPENDIX; pp. 797-812
History of Lowell, Kent County, Michigan--Townships and
Villages
General
Index to the History of Lowell
Personal
Name Index to the History of Lowell
Every-Name
Index; pp. 813-855
General Topic Index
Extended
Biographies Index (WMGS)
Index
to Special Personal Paragraphs
Index to Business
Firms Mentioned
Pictures, Portraits & Maps
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