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Histories
Kent County Historical Review
Narratives and articles about events, institutions and places in the county's past.
Links to onsite resources.
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1838 Kent County Gazetteer |
Organization Dates of the Townships of Kent
County, Michigan
from the 1870 History and Directory of Dillenback and Leavitt |
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1857 - Grand Rapids Orphan Asylum |
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1857 Grand Rapids Board of Supervisors Meeting |
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1858 Railroad Riot near Lowell |
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Grand Rapids 1889 Businesses |
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Prospect Hill 1889 |
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1907 Grand Rapids Dictionary published by
the Old National Bank |
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Early Grand Rapids History |
| Mayors of Grand Rapids 1926-1999 |
| Calkins Law Office: Oldest Surviving Building in Grand Rapids |
| Pioneer Sheriffs, 1836-Early 1840's |
| Early Kent County Firemen, Policemen and Sheriffs |
| Kent County Poor Farm |
| Taverns and Inns Along Kent County Stage Routes |
| All About Grand Rapids Hospitals |
| History of the D.A. Blodgett Homes for Children |
| Michigan Weather and Our Ancestors |
| Floods of the Grand River |
| Steaming Down the Grand by Chas. Belknap |
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Evening Press Newsboys' Band of 1900 |
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Grand Rapids Mail Carriers of 1885 |
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Grand
Rapids Postmasters, 1832-2003 |
| Article on the
Fire that Destroyed Kent County Deed and Scranton Abstracts |
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Article
on the New Grand Trunk Railroad Station, 1907 |
Online
Photos
Grand Rapids 1904 Flood |
| North Park 1907 |
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Fountain at Fulton St. Park 1907 |
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1912 Photo of Pavillion at Lincoln Park |
| 1913 Photo of St. Mark's Episcopal Church |
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1913 Photo of New Union High School Building at Grand Rapids
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| Y. M. C. A. Building Photo |
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John Ball Park Pavilion Photo (postcard dated 1926) |
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Fulton St. Park Fountain (postcard dated 1912) |
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Hotel Browning History, 1917-1938 |
Photos taken by J. W. Osborn, Jr., 1914-1919
A water slide, Manhattan Beach, Reeds Lake, 1914
WWI Soldiers Parade in Grand Rapids |
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Kent County Michigan Merchant Complimentary Cards from the 1880s |
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Grand Rapids New Fire House No. 12 |
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James A. Rumsey Home |
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End of Prohibition, December 31, 1933 |
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African-American Women's Study Club |
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Grandville Road - some history |
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| Other |
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History of the Great Lakes, Captains, shipping, lighthouse keepers |
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Kent County Historic Sites Online |
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