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Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the plating of additions to the towns and the sales and development of lots including Moore's addition, M.B. Spencer's addition, Taylor addition, Judson addition, Wiley addition and the annexation of the Lakeshore Drive area by Douglas.
cr1868071603MooresAddition-1.jpg; Moore's Addition lot donated to Dutch Reform Church Society
cr1868071603MooresAddition-2.jpg; Deer park cr1868080604ThomasCollierSellsDouglasLots.jpg; Thomas Collier selling Douglas village lots cr1868112103DwellinginWileyAddition.JPG; Wiley's addition cr1869112003SaugLots131-132-149-150-4sale.jpg; J. Shores offers Saugatuck lots cr1870061103MBSpencerSells28acres.jpg; M.B. Spencer sold land to parties from Battle Creek - also G. Downey express between Douglas and Saugatuck, C. Barts injured, A. Robb fire proof lumber kiln, Kirby harness making, Gerber enlarging tannery cr1870061803MBSpencersellsland.jpg; Correction on M.B. Spencer land sale, also argument between G. Segar and G. Kibbey referred to Justice Hendricks at Pier Cover, M.E. Church fundraising, Spencer's Addition block 1 sold, Captian Wilson's wife bought 10 acres , Edward Rogers cut by saw at Gerber's mIll cr1870062503CorrectionMBSpencerSale.jpg; More corrections of M.B. Spencer land sales - the 10 acres sold to Mrs. Susan Davis, not Capt. Wilson's wife cr1870070203RealEstateSales.jpg; T.A. Bixley to Martin N. Bixley; M.D. Bacon to F.S. Herman; J. Mead to Albert Nisson cr1870071603RealEstateSales.jpg; J. Kitchen to A.M. Hartwell; Wilson Herrington to John M. Mohr; A.B. Judson to Charles R. Brownell; E. Sweet to C.R. Brownell; U. Wilson to C.R. Brownell, W. Woodcock and A. Woodcock to Flanner & Brownell cr1870073003SpencerSellsLot1Block8.jpg; Douglas Grist Mill, M.B. Spencer sold to T.K. Firman village lot block 8 cr1870082003LotsOnWater-JudsonsAddition.jpg; Water Street in Judson's addition cr1879110701WmWeedBuysLotsWillBuild.jpg; William Weed of Douglas bought T. Hauer lots cr1886040901ThompsonBuysHoareFarm.jpg; Ned Hoare fruit farm sold to Aleck Thompson of Illinois cr1886100101LotsSoldToRMMoore.jpg; Julia Hough to R.M. Moore cr1886111901LotsSoldOnStJosephSt.jpg; C.L. Goodrich to John Nies, Kleeman place, later sold to A.C. Zwemer cr1888051801BillingsBuysButler-MaryHouse-Lot56.jpg; Charles Billings bought Macumber house at corner of Butler and Mary from Mrs. James York. cr1888100501SAMorrisonSells10AcreLotOnHill.jpg; S.A. Morrison sold 10-acre grove to Steve Newnham cr1888113001MillenBuysHendricksLots-Douglas.jpg; Charles Millen bought two lots of Chestnut Street, Douglas from M. Hendricks cr1888122801NewnhamCutsTreesOnMorrisonsGrove.jpg; Steve Newnham cutting timber on Morrison's grove cr1889032201MooreBuysDouglasLots.jpg; R.M. Moore buys Douglas lots from M.H. Poppewell of Pinal, Arizona cr1889080201PfaffBuyPleasantStLots.jpg; Riley Thompson sold Pleasant Street property of August Pfaff [Sr.] of Chicago cr1894091401TaxSales.jpg; Saugatuck properties available cr1895071201MooreCreekLandOwners.jpg; Changes to Moore's creek outlet to Goshorn Lake cr1895090601SwampLandsToBeSurveyed.jpg; State Land Commissioner French to have Kalamazoo swamp lands surveyed cr1897100801HDMooreWantsToBuild.jpg; H.D. Moore of Allegan plans resisted. cr1898072201ManningLooksFor4CottageSites.jpg; R.H. Manning of Chicago looking for land to build four cottages cr1898072901LandAtCrestOfAlleganStHillPurchasedForCottages.jpg; Professor R.H. Manning and Baron VanKahlden purchased wooded knoll at brow of Allegan Street hill cr1904101405DouglasAnnexesLakeshore.jpg; Douglas annexed lake shore property north of Center Street and Shorewood to increase taxable property cr1905081101HnryBBakerToSellLakeshorePlots.jpg; Henry B. Baker, Sr. selling lots on the Lake Shore on either side of Halfway Creek, Brookwood Beach cr1916090704VillageBuysStripOfLand.jpg; Saugatuck buys strip of land where Water and Lucy streets intersect, just west of Wilson dock property from Mr. Minier. May be Willow or Mosquito Park today.

2024.01.28

NewspapersDevelopment, land

Winthers, Sally

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Collier, Thomas c1841-1871Robb, A.Spencer, Michael B. 1820-1891D. Gerber & Son TanneryGerber, Daniel 1820-1890Ox-Bow House/Old Library/Douglas Athletic Clubhouse/Methodist Episcopal ChurchWeed, William H. "Will" 1866-1909Goodrich, Charles Langdon 1825-1903Nies, Jan "John" 1836-1920Zwemer, Adrian Cornelius 1835-1909Billings, Charles Clark 1843-1924Morrison, Stephen A. Jr. 1815-1905Newnham, Stephen Lynne 1854-1945Moore, R.M.Thompson, Riley 1828-1908Pfaff, August Sr. 1831-1903Moore, Horace Duncan 1821-1915Lakeshore Drive, DouglasWillow Park/Mosquito Park

04/06/2024

05/29/2024