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Saugatuck & Douglas Summer Resorts brochure c1910s

2017.10.07

This guide promoted resorting in Saugatuck and Douglas, specifically to visitors interested in the "elevating" New Spiritual Era and Transcendental philosophies that were also taught and discussed at the Forward Movement Park and Camp Gray. Mills was inspired by Swami Vivekananda, suggesting Mills may have played a role in the establishment of the Vivekananda Retreat in Ganges.

Churches and religion1880 Tourism steamship era -19301897 Forward Movement Park, Gray and Presbyterian Camps -2014

Ashley, Arthur C 1949-

ProgressiveTranscendentalismspiritualismspiritualEmersonVivekananda

Kerr, Frank

1909 - 1916

Includes photos of the Big Pavilion, built 1909 and references Benjamin Fay Mills who died in 1916.

022 A Visitors Guides 1930-1999, CVB guides prior to 2000

Fair

pages are loose

Bridge, Swing and Causeway 1902/Drawbridge 1870 or 1868

Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2017-04-10

11/14/2022

03/30/2024