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Map, East Grand Rapids, MI, topographical map 1914
Map, East Grand Rapids, MI, topographical map 1914
Map - Plat Map - 1841 - Grand Rapids Township - which included what would be East Grand Rapids - Reeds and Fisk Lake - GRPL collection
Plat Map - 1841 - Grand Rapids Township - which included what would be East Grand Rapids - Reeds and Fisk Lake - GRPL collection
SS Sport - John Honore Poisson launch steamboat
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.
SS Hazel A
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…
SS Florence
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…
Built in Frankfort, Michigan. Sailed up the Grand…
Grand Army of the Republic: Encampments in East Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids
History of Grand Army of the Republic encampments on Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids and in Grand Rapids after the Civil War. Union soldiers joined together and formed the G.A.R. This organization held local, state and national gatherings or…
"Ice Breakers" - Consumers Ice Company, Reeds Lake, 1894 - 1924. Book, 139pages. Compiled and edited by Mary T. Dersch, curator, East Grand Rapids History Room, 2019. Ice Breakers. Monumental pencil drawing by Grand Rapids artist, Chris LaPorte, 2015. Drawing based on the 1910 photograph "Consumers Ice Company, Ice House Gang".
Consumers Ice Company, 1894 - 1924 and the men behind the winter ice harvest. Also included in this compilation are articles on ice harvesting, winter ice sports and biographical information on Grand Rapids artist, Chris LaPorte, who in 2015, created…
Hoppertown on Reeds Lake
Hoppertown, a little known dance resort on the north shore of Reeds Lake in the teens through the 1930s.
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