On Dyckman Avenue at Black River Street, on the right when traveling east on Dyckman Avenue.
The resort industry thrived in the latter half of the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. Visitors arrived from Chicago aboard steamships that sailed into South Haven harbor daily. The Dewey Hotel, the Avery Beach Hotel, the Newcomes, the . . . — — Map (db m205002) HM
On South Kalamazoo Street (Michigan Route 40) 0.5 miles north of Interstate 94, on the right when traveling north.
Isaac Watts Willard
In 1838, Isaac Watts Willard (1803-1879) and partners Peter Gremps and Lyman Daniels surveyed and platted the village of Paw Paw. That same year, Gremps and Willard opened a mercantile and grist mill in the village. . . . — — Map (db m182883) HM
On North Shiawassee Avenue (State Highway 71) at Corunna Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Shiawassee Avenue.
Territorial Governor Lewis Cass established Shiawassee County in 1822, but as there were few white settlers in the area, its government was not organized until 1837. Two years later, the county commissioners designated this site in the village of . . . — — Map (db m119307) HM
Near W. Kalamazoo Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling west.
(Side One)
Bloomingdale Oil Boom
This 90 ft, 1930's era oil derrick is typical of the many drilling rigs that occupied the landscapes around bloomingdale during the late 1930's.
It was originally located in Mt. Pleasant, . . . — — Map (db m69929) HM
On East Michigan Avenue near North Gremps Street, on the right when traveling west.
Originally constructed as Van Buren County's first courthouse at a cost of about $2900, this two- story temple-style Greek Revival structure now serves as Paw Paw Village Hall. Featuring a gable roof, clapboard siding, front façade with a . . . — — Map (db m217918) HM
On E. Michigan Avenue at N. Van Buren Street, on the left when traveling east on E. Michigan Avenue.
(Obverse Side)
St. Mark's Church
St. Mark's parish, organized at the county courthouse on February 22, 1851, is Paw Paw's oldest Episcopal congregation. The Reverend Voltaire Spaulding conducted the first service in a vacant . . . — — Map (db m68435) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
