Lowell

100 Years of History

1831-1931

Published by Lowell Board of Trade

Lowell, Michigan: The Lowell Ledger, 1931

Hon. Dexter G. Look, Centennial Chairman

Norman E. Borgerson, 1931 Board of Trade President

Verne E. Ashley, Chairman History Committee

Walter J. Kropf, Secretary Board of Trade

Poem: "Fair Lowell on the Grand"

Foreword

Departed Friends

The Spirit of Lowell, by N.E. Borgerson, Pres. Lowell Bd. Trade, 1931

Daniel Marsac Comes

Life with the Indians

Monsieur and Madame La Framboise

The Founder of West Michigan

Life of Cob-Moo-Sa, Chief

Poem: "Kobomoosa's Lament"

A Brief History of Lowell, From Indian Days to the Incorporation of the Village, Compiled by Thelma Peckham Hahn, December, 1930

The La Framboises

Lowell's First White Settler

More White Settlers

Steamboat and Schoolhouse

The First Wedding

Other Arrivals

The Flood of 1852

Schools Growing

The First Band

Main Street in 1850

Indian Village of 500 Souls

First Village Officers

From Civil War Days to the Centennial

First Commencement

The Old Skating Rink

The 1890 Carnival

Floods and Fires

The World War

Lowell Schools

The Lowell Waterworks

Library

Literary Clubs

The Lumber Industry

Lowell's First Automobile

History of the American Legion

Charles W. Clark Post 152

Charles W. Clark American Legion Auxiliary

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Lowell Lodge, No. 90, F. & A. M.

Cyclamen Chapter, Order Eastern Star

Hooker Chapter, No. 73, R.A.M.

Loyal Order of Moose

Lowell G.A.R.

Woman's Relief Corps.

The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co.

The First Methodist Episcopal Church

The Pioneers

Light and Shadows of Later Years

German M.E. Church

Seventh Day Adventists

Saint Mary's Church, Lowell

Church of the Nazarene

Christian Science Society

Lowell Baptist Church

Lowell Congregational Church

The First Sunday School

The Lowell Journal

Biography: Charles McCarty

Lowell's Greatest Builder: Jarvis C. Train

The Oldest Landmark in Lowell

Lowell's Municipal Plant

Have Honored the Old Home Town

Wilber E. Post

Ernest R. Graham

Albert Roth

James T. Jones

James Franklin Devendorf

Lowell Centennial Celebration

The Centennial Starts

The Second Day

The Third Day

Notes on the Centennial

Lowell a Meaningful Name

The Lowell Board of Trade

The Centennial Committees

Lowell Business Directory 1931

Lowell's Seven Surviving Civil War Veterans

Acknowledgement

A. W. Weekes & Son

John Quincy Look

M.D. Hoyt; Hoyt Lumber Company

Foreman Poultry Farm and Hatchery

Dexter G. Look

Carelton H. Runciman

The Lowell State Bank, 1891-1931

Gee's Hardware

The City State Bank, Lowell, Michigan

The Lowell Ledger

How the Centennial Started

The Flour Milling Industry of Lowell

Lowell Sprayer Company

Melody Farms

Kroger in Your Community

Members of Lowell Board of Trade, 1931

Poem: "Sad Ballad of Jack Haggerty"

An Outstanding Fire Insurance Company

 

Transcriber: Jennifer Godwin
Created: 4 March 2003