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    Gagetown / Gagetown

    Brothers Joseph and James Gage immigrated from Canada in 1860. Joseph filed a homestead claim in Elmwood Township. In 1869, Joseph built a store and mill on his land. Two years later, he platted...

    Brothers Joseph and James Gage immigrated from Canada in 1860. Joseph filed a homestead claim in Elmwood Township. In 1869, Joseph built a store and mill on his land. Two years later, he...

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    Indian Landing- Charlton Park

    In the early nineteenth century the Thornapple band of Ottawa Indians established a village a short distance from Thornapple Lake. It was served in the 1840s by a Methodist mission and school...

    In the early nineteenth century the Thornapple band of Ottawa Indians established a village a short distance from Thornapple Lake. It was served in the 1840s by a Methodist mission and...

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    Grant Water Tower

    Among the last of the wooden water towers in Michigan, the Grant Water Tower was built beside the depot in 1891 by the Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lakeshore Railroad. It cost $1,910 and could hold...

    Among the last of the wooden water towers in Michigan, the Grant Water Tower was built beside the depot in 1891 by the Grand Rapids, Newaygo and Lakeshore Railroad. It cost $1,910 and could...

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    John C. Blanchard / John and Harriet Blanchard House

    John Celsus Blanchard (1822-1905) epitomizes the American “self-made man.” He left his home in Cayuga County, New York, at age fourteen, bound for the western frontier. Blanchard worked as a...

    John Celsus Blanchard (1822-1905) epitomizes the American “self-made man.” He left his home in Cayuga County, New York, at age fourteen, bound for the western frontier. Blanchard worked as...

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    Newburgh Cemetery

    An organization, later known as the Newburgh Cemetery Society, was formed on November 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that...

    An organization, later known as the Newburgh Cemetery Society, was formed on November 23, 1832, to establish and maintain this cemetery, the first in the present city of Livonia. One grave, that...

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    Bay View Association / Bay View

    Beginning in 1875 as a Methodist camp, the Bay View Association encouraged scientific and intellectual development within a religious community. In 1885 John M. Hall of Flint began the summer...

    Beginning in 1875 as a Methodist camp, the Bay View Association encouraged scientific and intellectual development within a religious community. In 1885 John M. Hall of Flint began the summer...

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    No Home on the Home Front

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    • japanese internment
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    Divided We Live

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    • rosie the riveter
    • jim crow

    Rosie the Riveter Memorial

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    • rosie the riveter
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    Transforming the Waterfront

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    • rosie the riveter

    Shipyard Stories

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    • kaiser

    Friendship Park

    FRIENDSHIP PARK Dedicated November 26, 1991 In Commemoration of Thirty Years Sister City Affiliation Between Shimada, Japan and Richmond, California

    FRIENDSHIP PARK Dedicated November 26, 1991 In Commemoration of Thirty Years Sister City Affiliation Between Shimada, Japan and Richmond, California

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    • shimada
    • japan

    WSI, I,KEM

    WSI, I,KEM WAS A TSEYCUM FIRST NATION   FOOD HARVESTING GROUND FOR  OVER 10,000 YEARS  

    WSI, I,KEM WAS A TSEYCUM FIRST NATION   FOOD HARVESTING GROUND FOR  OVER 10,000 YEARS

      Nymph Point Heritage Site

      NYMPH POINT WAS DESIGNATED A HERITAGE SITE ON JUNE 7, 1982 BYT HE HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF NORTH SAANICH

      NYMPH POINT WAS DESIGNATED A HERITAGE SITE ON JUNE 7, 1982 BYT HE HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF NORTH SAANICH

        Horton Bay

        Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop, and draft...

        Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop, and...

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        USCG Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83

        Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker was...

        Built in 1944 at a cost of $10 million, U.S. Coast Guard cutter MACKINAW had six ten-cylinder engines that enabled it to cut through several feet of lake ice. The powerful steel icebreaker...

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        The Douglas House / Thomas Douglas

        Canadian-born entrepreneur Thomas E. Douglas constructed a sawmill and general store in the logging community of Lovells around 1898. He erected a new store in 1903 after fire destroyed the first...

        Canadian-born entrepreneur Thomas E. Douglas constructed a sawmill and general store in the logging community of Lovells around 1898. He erected a new store in 1903 after fire destroyed the first...

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        Interlochen

        Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This...

        Ottawa Indians once lived in the pine forest between Lakes Wahbekaness and Wahbekanetta. In the late 1800s white men came and cut the pines, leaving only a small forest between the lakes. This...

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        Little Stone Church

        The Union Congregational Church, affectionately called Little Stone Church, was established in 1900 by eleven charter members. Local residents and summer visitors donated funds for its...

        The Union Congregational Church, affectionately called Little Stone Church, was established in 1900 by eleven charter members. Local residents and summer visitors donated funds for...

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