Historical Accounts
![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](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/4124/d5c7fb90-2c9f-11ef-996b-17f21f375499-ulCnD3b.lg@2x.jpg)
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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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