Author: Albert BaxterPublisher:
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Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
Author: Albert BaxterPublisher:
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Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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History and Directory of Kent County, Michigan
Author: Grand Rapids City Directories
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Category : Allegan County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich
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Category : Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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Grand Rapids
Author: Norma LewisPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738552002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh, Hekman, and Phoenix were among those taking advantage of the Grand River for transportation and power, the area's abundant hardwood supply, and a growing immigrant labor pool. The furniture soon attracted national attention. In 1876, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition proved conclusively that a river town in Michigan had indeed earned the title "Furniture City." Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower all worked at Grand Rapids-made desks. Fifteen manufacturers joined forces to build 1,000 Handley Page bombers during World War I. The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, at a table made in Grand Rapids. Despite fires, floods, strikes, depressions, and wars, Grand Rapids led the industry until the 1950s and 1960s, when the factories began moving to North Carolina. Today the area, along with nearby Holland and Zeeland, dominates the office furniture industry.
Michigan Place Names
Author: Walter RomigPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814318386
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Michigan Place Names is another "Michigan classicreissued as a Great Lakes Book.
The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich., Up to Date
Author: A City Within a City
Author: Todd E RobinsonPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439909237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
A City within a City examines the civil rights movement in the North by concentrating on the struggles for equality in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Historian Todd Robinson studies the issues surrounding school integration and bureaucratic reforms as well as the role of black youth activism to detail the diversity of black resistance. He focuses on respectability within the African American community as a way of understanding how the movement was formed and held together. And he elucidates the oppositional role of northern conservatives regarding racial progress. A City within a City cogently argues that the post-war political reform championed by local Republicans transformed the city's racial geography, creating a racialized "city within a city," featuring a system of "managerial racism" designed to keep blacks in declining inner-city areas. As Robinson indicates, this bold, provocative framework for understanding race relations in Grand Rapids has broader implications for illuminating the twentieth-century African American urban experience in secondary cities.
Ghosts of Grand Rapids
Author: Nicole BrayPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625846746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
“Grand Rapids’ sinister and spooky past is illuminated . . . examines local hauntings and reveals the truth behind some long told urban legends” (The Collegiate). Come nose around in the creepier corners of the Grand Rapids of yesteryear. Discover why Hell’s Bridge persists as such an oft-told urban legend and what horrific history earned Heritage Hill the title of Michigan’s most haunted neighborhood. Mingle with the spooky inhabitants of the Phillips Mansion, Holmdene Manor, San Chez Restaurant and St. Cecilia Music Center. Meet the guests who never quite checked out of the Amway Grand. Read the true stories behind the Michigan Bell Building and the Ada Witch Legend. Nicole Bray, Robert Du Shane and Julie Rathsack illuminate the shadows of local sites you thought you knew. Includes photos!
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