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"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…
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…
Hoppertown on Reeds Lake
Hoppertown, a little known dance resort on the north shore of Reeds Lake in the teens through the 1930s.
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
Map - Point Paulo - map 1937
Point Paulo resort - South shore of Reeds Lake. 20 acre working farm and cottages that were rented. Established by Frederick Paulo and Maurice Bellclaire, retired Vaudeville performers.
Map, East Grand Rapids, MI, topographical map 1914
Map, East Grand Rapids, MI, topographical map 1914
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