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Map, East Grand Rapids, MI, topographical map 1914

Hoppertown, a little known dance resort on the north shore of Reeds Lake in the teens through the 1930s.

An aerial photo of the majority of Ramona Park in East Grand Rapids. Popular view featuring the Derby Racer roller coaster and the Ramona Theatre Pavilion. The SS Ramona (1923 - 1955) can be seen docked on the west shore of Reeds Lake and Rose's…

The first Poisson steamboat on Reeds Lake, 1883. Owned and operated by Capt. John Honore Poisson. Originally built with a single deck. A second deck was added later and the boat was lengthened.
Built in Frankfort, Michigan. Sailed up the Grand…

SS Hazel A (1893 - ca 1923), seen in this photo at the steamer dock on the west shore, was a Reeds Lake steamboat originally built by Grand Rapids businessman, David Moses Amberg. The boat was named for his daughter Hazel Amberg. The boat was…

The Poisson family had a fleet of smaller steamers. The Sport was the early one. Newspaper clippings of the day seemed to exaggerate the number of passengers that could ride this vessel.