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Bounty & Bust: Commercial Fishing in Saugatuck-Douglas 1860-1970

Book
From the late 1860s to the late 1960s, commercial fishing was a vital part of Saugatuck-Douglas, a community at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. This richly illustrated book tell the story of the families, the tugs, the gear and even the fish. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Saugatuck’s Historic Demerest Shanty: A Tribute to Our Commercial Fishing History.
Bounty & Bust; Front cover of Bounty & Bust taken from the woodcut on paper “The Four Netmenders” by Robert von Neumann
Title page from Bounty & Bust Back cover Bounty & Bust Table of Contents Bounty & Bust Map of Saugatuck Harbor ca. 1919 (p.x) The Demerest Shanty ca.1930s - oil on panel by Ken Bore The painting may depict the Demerest shanty when it was at Culver Street. Black and white photo is Saugatuck Shanty from August 1942 (p.101)

2019.35.231

Books

Slusar, Linda

Winthers, SallyDiRosa, Randy

Saugatuck Independent Press

Saugatuck, Michigan (geographic place)

2021

paperbound

Fishing, commercial Fishing, commercial, history Fishing, Great Lakes- history 1860-1970 Saugatuck, Michigan- history 1860-1970 Douglas, Michigan - history 1860-1970

639.2 WIN

9798729208562

118 p., col ill., maps, Includes index, bibliography, appendix of census data

Library

Excellent

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center 2017-

Demerest, Marvin Eugene "Demmy" 1928-2020

Diepenhorst, Gary Lee 1940-2024

Peel, Robert "Bob" 1925-1988

Sewers, Reuben W. "Rube" Jr. 1894-1978

Sewers, Frank Wilmot 1894-1970

Sewers, George James 1891-1954

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center’s Web site

Saugatuck’s Historic Demerest Shanty: A tribute to our commercial fishing history

02/17/2022

06/03/2022