Histories

Kent County Historical Review
Narratives and articles about events, institutions and places in the county's past.
Links to onsite resources.

• 1838 Kent County Gazetteer
• Organization Dates of the Townships of Kent County, Michigan
  from the 1870 History and Directory of Dillenback and Leavitt
• 1857 - Grand Rapids Orphan Asylum
• 1857 Grand Rapids Board of Supervisors Meeting
• 1858 Railroad Riot near Lowell
• Grand Rapids 1889 Businesses
• Prospect Hill 1889
• 1907 Grand Rapids Dictionary published by the Old National Bank
• Early Grand Rapids History
• Mayors of Grand Rapids 1926-1999
• Calkins Law Office: Oldest Surviving Building in Grand Rapids
• Pioneer Sheriffs, 1836-Early 1840's
• Early Kent County Firemen, Policemen and Sheriffs
• Kent County Poor Farm
• Taverns and Inns Along Kent County Stage Routes
• All About Grand Rapids Hospitals
• History of the D.A. Blodgett Homes for Children
• Michigan Weather and Our Ancestors
• Floods of the Grand River
• Steaming Down the Grand by Chas. Belknap
• Evening Press Newsboys' Band of 1900
• Grand Rapids Mail Carriers of 1885
• Grand Rapids Postmasters, 1832-2003
• Article on the Fire that Destroyed Kent County Deed and Scranton Abstracts
• Article on the New Grand Trunk Railroad Station, 1907  
• Online Photos
  Grand Rapids 1904 Flood 
• North Park 1907
• Fountain at Fulton St. Park 1907
• 1912 Photo of Pavillion at Lincoln Park
• 1913 Photo of St. Mark's Episcopal Church
• 1913 Photo of New Union High School Building at Grand Rapids
• Y. M. C. A. Building Photo
• John Ball Park Pavilion Photo (postcard dated 1926)
• Fulton St. Park Fountain (postcard dated 1912)
• Hotel Browning History, 1917-1938
• Photos taken by J. W. Osborn, Jr., 1914-1919
  St. Andrews Catholic School burning, 8 Jan 1915
  A water slide, Manhattan Beach, Reeds Lake, 1914
  WWI Soldiers Parade in Grand Rapids
• Kent County Michigan Merchant Complimentary Cards from the 1880s
• Grand Rapids New Fire House No. 12
• James A. Rumsey Home
• End of Prohibition, December 31, 1933
• African-American Women's Study Club
• Grandville Road - some history

Other 

• More History Links
• History of the Great Lakes, Captains, shipping, lighthouse keepers
  http://linkstothepast.com/marine/index.html
  To the biographies, http://linkstothepast.com/marine/index2.html 
• Kent County Historic Sites Online From the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office.
• Grand Rapids History Timeline from 1806 to 1922.

Created: 5 November 2002
URL:  http://kent.migenweb.net/histories/index.html

Contact County Coordinator:  evlynsaw@comcast.net