Lighthouse Presque Isle, Mich.

attached letter: Dear Professor Lorch: At the suggestion of the July 31, 1953 Newsletter of the Michigan Historical Society I am sending you two photoes [sic] of the old lighthouse and adjoining building on Presque Isle, Michigan located on the shore of Huron lake, supposedly the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It is owned by Mr. F. B. Stebbins, 326 N. Capital, Lansing, Michigan. When through using the photos I would appreciate your returning them directly to him. The following information was given to me by Mr. Stebbins: Built in 1840, through a congressional appropriation of $5,000.- in Presque Isle county, described as, "Where a portage of 200 yards would save 4 miles of canoe trip." Jefferson Davis after graduation from West Point, was supposed to have built it. (According to careful historical investigation, this is not true. There is an article about this controversy in some back number of the Michigan History magazine. Mr. Stebbins feels very strongly about his. He prefers the legend, it sounds bigger). Francis Burgoyne Stebbins purchased from his Uncle Bliss Stebbins in 1930, who bought the property in 1930 from General Duffield of Dteoirt [sic], who had purchased it from the government a short time previously. This light-house was abandone [sic] upon the completion of a new lighthouse in 1872, one mile north from the present location. Adjoining house was used as a summer home. Condition restored in 1936. Lighthouse towe [sic] walls 3 feet thick with handhewn circular stone steps to the top. Signed, Lee H. Gregory

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Cop. 2 issued in connection with the library's exhibit at the first Michigan land and apple show, Nov. 7-11, 1911.

25 years in Central Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Cover title.

Grand Haven centennial, 1834-1934 : one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg.

Mode of access: Internet.

Souvenir program : Grand Ledge, Michigan centenary and historical pageant, June 26-27-28, 1936.

Includes index.

City of Grand Rapids : under commission-manager government : 1924-1925 review.

Submitted by: Fred H. Locke, city manager.

Amendments to the charter of the city of Grand Rapids, and to other municipal acts affecting said city, passed by the legislature in the years 1885, 1887 and 1889.

Mode of access: Internet.

The effects of white and non-white population changes in the central city, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1950-1960 : a report to the Grand Rapids Human Relations Commission /

"April 1961"

Sligh Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids. Factory, 1892

Inscription: Factory 1892; Image from publication: Third of a century of furniture making, 1880-1913. Sligh Furniture Co., 1913

View of Grand Rapids in 1833

Publication information: Grand Rapids, Mich. : C.L. Merrill & Co., [1891] (Leipzig : L. Glaser)

Grand Rapids Contingent. Second U of M Training Detachment

Image cracked from folds. On verso: Grand Rapids, Mich Contingent, 2nd U of M Training detachment, World War I; 3d Row Second from left Henry Bursma

Freeman Residence, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1964-1966

[Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Red crayon drawing on tracing paper, 12x18 inches