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Author : Albert Baxter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan ... written by Albert Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert Baxter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1098 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan ... written by Albert Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert Baxter
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ISBN 13 : 9780832834912
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (349 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Grand Rapids written by Albert Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Todd E Robinson
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439909237
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)
Download or read book A City Within a City written by Todd E Robinson and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618583956
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Historic Photos of Grand Rapids written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts. As "Furniture Capital of the World” and an All-American City three times, Grand Rapids has a fascinating past. Historic Photos of Grand Rapids explores that past in images depicting a range of subjects, including the furniture industry, the Flood of 1904, recreational activities, the Pantlind Hotel, the original Ada Covered Bridge spanning the Thornapple River, civic celebrations, a 1941 Monroe Avenue, the 1889 County Building, and countless others.These striking black-and-white images are the pride of the Grand Rapids Public Library’s History and Special Collections Department. Come take a tour through the pages of Historic Photos of Grand Rapids and discover the charm of bygone eras, the fortitude of the city’s pioneers, and the richness of the old city.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book History and Directory of Kent County, Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David R. Wood
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ISBN 13 : 9780983919605
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (196 download)
Download or read book A History of Grand Rapids City League Track and Field written by David R. Wood and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Grand Rapids City Directories written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norma Lewis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738552002
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Grand Rapids written by Norma Lewis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : ALBERT. BAXTER
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ISBN 13 : 9781033280829
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)
Download or read book HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN written by ALBERT. BAXTER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Evans
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626195585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Grand Rapids Beer written by Patrick Evans and published by History Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, dozens of local breweries worked tirelessly to slake the thirst of the rapidly growing city of Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Brewing Company, along with other savvy barley merchants, established a beer culture that would dominate western Michigan until Prohibition turned off the spigots. After the repeal of the Noble Experiment, gigantic national brands stunted the growth of area breweries for decades, but the contemporary craft brew renaissance turned Furniture City back into Beer City, USA. Tour local operations like Founders and HopCat with veteran hophead Patrick Evans and enjoy the rich heritage of Grand Rapids beer.
Author : Nicole Bray
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846746
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Ghosts of Grand Rapids written by Nicole Bray and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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!
Author : Christian G. Carron
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Grand Rapids Furniture written by Christian G. Carron and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reinder Van Til
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802824781
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Thin Ice written by Reinder Van Til and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DESCRIPTION This unique volume contains twenty-eight fascinating life stories of people -- many of whom went on to become famous -- who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The coming-of-age stories in Thin Ice relate a range of experiences both good and bad, including happy memories and heartwarming recollections but also personal traumas, intergenerational and racial conflicts, the strictures of religious belief and practice, the joys and sorrows of young romance, and more. Above and beyond the stories of the more notable personalities -- Jim Harrison, Roger Wilkins, John Hockenberry, President Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Al Green, Paul Schrader, William Brashler -- the book as a whole is chock-full of crisp, humorous, irreverent, and moving writing. Reinder Van Til and Gordon Olson have excerpted half of the pieces from previous publications, while they directly solicited the other half from active writers specifically for this book. The earliest stories go back to the 1830s and 1850s, and the most recent are a cluster of contemporary pieces that describe coming of age in the Grand Rapids of the 1960s through the 1980s. Together they paint a multifaceted, impressionistic portrait of a century and a half in the fair city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. All in all, Thin Ice is a nostalgic treasure for any Grand Rapidian and literary treasure for e v e r y one. Contributors Albert Baxter Charles E. Belknap A. J. Muste Arnold Gingrich David Cornel DeJong Gerald R. Ford Betty Ford Edward V. Gillis John Thompson Roger Wilkins Jim Harrison Glen Peterson Max Apple John Otterbacher Reinder Van Til Al Green Paul Schrader Robert VanderMolen William Brashler Sheri Venema Hank Meijer Charles Honey Tom Rademacher Levi Rickert John Hockenberry Laura Kasischke Kaye Longberg Bich Minh Nguyen
Author : Albert Baxter
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (389 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan written by Albert Baxter and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert Baxter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282893736
Total Pages : 1092 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)
Download or read book History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan written by Albert Baxter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan: With an Appendix, History of Lowell, Michigan In nothing is the progress of the civilized world better illustrated than in the variety and volume of its literature. The man of old who wished his enemy would write a book had no dream of the heavily loaded shelves of the libraries of to-day. The contribution of this book is but an infinitesimal addition to the great store. Nevertheless it is written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Dwight Goss
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries written by Dwight Goss and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
