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Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings of historical accounts including many general histories of the Saugatuck that has since become the official story.
cr1885010201SummaryOfEvents1884.jpg; Round up of 1884 happenings (accidents, mill breakdowns, falls into river), births, deaths, marriages, shipping news and miscellaneous that included weather. HAPPENINGS mentions of Richard Heuer, A.C. Zwemer, Charles Andrews, Mrs. L. Grenhalgh, Mrs. Wanner, Basket Factory, F.W. Greiner, Arthur McMillan, Will Rode, Johnson Mill, Moore & Co., saw mill in Douglas, Henry Utten, H.L. Miller, Grace Bandle, Joshua Weed, Ransom Cole, Mrs. J.S. Dodge, Vernon Grant, Mrs. Kingley, W.S. Moffatt. DEATHS: Florence M. Brittain, Carl Smith, Edward Weaver, Lettie Moreland, Clara B. Perkins, Dennis Dorgan, Gertrude Brown, Andrew Miller, Grace E. Tuttle, Minnie Hudson, Mrs. Charles Labatt, John Blink, Mrs. Charles Voelker, Margaret Shashaguay, Florence A. Cook, Kittie Staring, Eva A. Bandley, Anna J. Fresche, John I. VanDis, James Gaze, James McVea, Anna B. Lewis, Lucretia Reynolds, Emma Oliver, Frank Hinman, Olive Phelps, Florence E. Nies, Milton Rueke, Joseph St. Claire, Joanna Trowbridge, Charles C. Billings, Bonnie Howard, Franklin Hutchinson, James C. Wright. MARRIAGES (local only listed): William Turnbull to Ellen Heath, Henry J. Zwemer to Emma L. Woodhull, George B. Ripley to Georgie Snyder, Raymond H. Gilman to Dora M. Schoonard, Phillip E. Nielsen to Mary Zwemer, O.F. Southwell to Minerva Stillson, John E. Reed to Hattie M. Beagle, William R. Slater to Hannah M. Swerth, John B. Brown to Ida Deming, Clarence W. Wade to Anna B. Griffin. MISCELLANEOUS snowstorm, Saugatuck school 232 pupils, Douglas 128, Schumacher Bros. strawberries, Wren's Co. in Two orphans and Uncle T., Saugatuck, Douglas and Township fiscal year financial statements and election results, special bridge election, mail service, Saugatuck Driving Association organized, church dedications, George Walz tallow house burned, G.W. Donaldson's circus, W. Dickey's house burgled, flag flown on Mount Baldhead, John Tidd, Douglas Telegraph Co. organized by T.B. Dutcher, J.L. Coates ships peaches in October, John Hirner strawberries to D.L. Barber, W. Dorning last shipment of fruit for season, Kalamazoo Lake freezes over, three bears killed by Hutchins lake, Skating rink opens
cr1886062501LocalHistory.jpg; 1886 article about meaning of name Saugatuck, William Butler, R.R. Crosby, Edward Johnson, Daniel Plummer, Stephen N. Nichols, Singapore, Griffin & Henry mill, James Elliott, John Martel, Brittain & Parks, Douglas, Johnathan Wade, Poem cr1892042901SaugatuckIn1856.jpg cr1892120201AlleganHistoryEAFenn.jpg; Reprint of story by E.A. Fenn in Fennville Herald. New Richmond, C. & W.M. Railroad, H.F. Marsh, Sr., landlord of Exchange Hotel in Allegan and visitor intent on transportation to mythical paper city of Bolton. cr1895031501PioneerDaysSingapore2Holland.jpg; Mrs. H.D. Post of Holland recount of after waiting a week at a cr1897010101SourceOfSaugatuckStreetNames.jpg; Culver, Mason, Griffith and Spear streets named after William G. Butler's St. Joseph investors. Francis, Mary and Lucy streets named after the investors wives. St. Joseph also got a street cr1918101001PioneerSocietyVisit.jpg; Western Allegan County Pioneer Society, H.H. Hutchins secretary. Article mentions Mrs. M.B. Ferry, Charles R. Brownell of Louisiana who was born in Saugatuck township in 1840, observed Native American people, the S.A. Morrison tannery with windmill for grinding bark, Johnson & Wells sawmill, John H. Billings, steamer Helen Mar, schooner O.R. Johnson and Capt. Lints Coates, W.W. Warner of Allegan, Mrs. W.H. Lamb read letters from Lieut. Lawrence Lamb in France. World War I. cr1919102308Hutchins.jpg on Wild Pigeons; Mr. D.H. Hall's 1914 recollections of hunting and preparing the then-numerous wild pigeons (passenger pigeons aka Ectopistes migratorius), cr1919103004Hutchins-AlleganHist.jpg; cr1919112005Hutchins-PioneerDays-Dressels.jpg; cr1920040801ByronWadeHear72Years.jpg; Memories and a poem about the wild, whisky and rum and ague days at the Flats by Byron M. Wade, 1848-1929 cr1923062201RevWarRelics.jpg; Captain Hungerford gives Revolutionary War cannon ball and ammunition to C.E. Bird followed by details of the sinking of General Benedict Arnold's flag ship the Royal Savage in Lake Champlain. cr1923081708OldenDingleville.jpg; Olden Dingleville: Mentions Wallin's Tannery, origin of name, George P. Heath gristmill, George Dunn sash and door factpru. Swimming hole, Van Wallin and F.W. Greiner poem cr1931100208BattleCreekCentennial.jpg; Planned events for 1931 Centennial celebrations in Battle Creek cr1931100208DatesOfFirstSettlementAlleganCounty.jpg; Compiled from History of Allegan and Barry counties. This was sent in by Congressman John C. Ketcham, who believes it may be of interest to a large number of our readers. Year Township First Settler 1830-Saugatuck, W. G. Butler. 1831-Otsego, Giles Ecott. 1832- Gun Plains, Dr. Cyrenus Thompson 1834-Leighton, Louis Campau. 1885-Trowbridge, Leander S. Prouty 1836-Allegan, Elisha Moody. Mainlius, John Allen. Martin, Mumford Eldred. Monterey, G. B. Wilcox. Watson, Wm. S. Miner. 1837-Clyde, Joseph Bailey. Valley, A. Nobles. Wayland, L. A. Barnes. 1838 Ganges, Harrison Hutchins. Hopkins, J. O. Round. 1839-Cheshire, Simeon Pike. 1841-Fillmore, George N. Smith. 1844 Casco, John Thayer. Lee, Thomas Scott. 1845-Dorr, N. and O. Goodspeed. 1847-Laketown, H. Kleeman and Company. 1848 Overisel, Rev. S. Bolks and Party. 1850-Heath, Simon Howe. 1851-Salem, M. Straher. cr1935041201InfoonGeorgeFRoot-atSaug.jpg; William A. Taylor recounting c1872 visit by first resorter Charles T. Root of George F. Root and Sons, a music firm from Chicago. cr1948062211FirstWhiteSettler.jpg; Origin story of Saugatuck as understood in 1948 that mentions 1821 General Cass treaty with Pottawattomie, Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, arrival of William G. Butler family, Edward Johonnett, Robert Crosby, S.A. Morrison and his tannery and bark mill, incorporation, ship building, the 1939 Pioneer river boat, commercial fishing, rise of resorting and Jackson Park Yacht Club. cr1957062101ClarenceLyndsPhoto.jpg; Newspaper article by Don Wood in which long-time resident Clarence Lynds recalls arriving as a child aboard the A.B. Taylor, Fish Town, shipping fruit, Charles Shriver, cutting ice, early hotels including the Riverside Hotel and it's new use as the Ox-Bow Inn.

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NewspapersWeather, extremeFamily History1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture1840 ShipbuildingCommercial businesses1830 Settlement, pioneer eraChurches and religion1875 Basket factories0001 Anishinabek/Ojibwe/Odawa/BodéwadmiTransportation: highway and road infrastructure1835 Logging and LumberingNature, ecology, the landscape1836 SingaporeTanneries1845 Fishing, commercial1910 Ox-Bow

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Butler, William Gay 1799-1857Crosby, R. RensselaerPlummer, Daniel Ames 1809-1888Griffin & Henry Lumber Yard/Griffin & Henry Sawmill/Griffin & Williams/Stockbridge & Johnson/Wells & Johnson/M.B. Spencer MillElliott, James 1830-1911Martel, John Baptiste c1894-1909Wade, Jonathan 1808-1868Zwemer, Adrian Cornelius 1835-1909Moore & Dutcher Flouring Mill/Douglas Flour Mill/McDonald Flouring MillWeed, Joshua 1817-1899Moffat, William Shaw 1819-1895Walz, George William 1845-1924Dickey, WilliamDutcher, Thomas "Bent" Benton 1836-1903Hirner, John Lewis [Sr.] 1861-1957Lone Pine Hill/DuneDudleysvilleBasket Factories in Douglas circa 1851-1927New Richmond/RichmondFenn, Elam Atwater 1821-1898Nichols, Stephen D. 1806-1887Hutchins, Henry Hudson 1854-1933Morrison, Stephen A. Jr. 1815-1905Morrison Tannery/Johannett & Crosby/ 1833?-1890Billings, John Henry 1811-1874Helen Mar (ship)O.R. Johnson (ship)Coates, Lintsford B. Capt. 1834-1906Lamb, Lawrence William 1895-1974Dressel, Anton William 1833-1911Dingleville/WallinvilleWallin, Van Arthur 1866-1942Wade, Byron M. 1848-1929Taylor, William A.Root, George F.Harbor Court Condos/Terrace Park View Resort ?-1964Johonnett, EdwardPioneer (boat)McLaughlin, JamesLynds, Clarence 1875-1967Shriver, Charles Sr. (d.1905)A.B. Taylor (ship) 1884 / Ottawa 1902-1910FishtownOx-Bow Inn/Riverside Hotel/Shriver family homeOval Beach 1936-present

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