World War 1.
Joseph W Guyton •
Sherman R. Dumon •
Rolland L. Rose •
Nathaniel L. Elkins •
William J. Sullivan •
Leven W. De View •
Raymond Richmond •
Lewis Opper •
Franklin P. Huddle •
Floyd L. Thompson
World War 2.
Harold . . . — — Map (db m235332) WM
Joseph W. Guyton (1889-1918) lived
most of his life near Evart, working
as a farmer, plumber, and well
driller. When the U.S. entered World
War I in 1917, Guyton was drafted
into the army. He could have elected
not to go since he was . . . — — Map (db m235309) HM WM
German settlers of this Osceola
County farming community
began holding evangelical
services in the home of
John J. Arndt in 1872. Later,
services were held in a log
house a quarter mile west of
here. The church society
was formally organized . . . — — Map (db m235308) HM
Irish millwright Christopher Clark
and his Canadian wife, Marion Hixon
Clark, settled here in 1875 after
purchasing 240 acres of virgin
forest from the Ryerson, Hills and
Company lumbering firm. They opened
a general store and in 1878 . . . — — Map (db m190616) HM
In 1870 the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Evangelical Church of Sweden collaborated in promoting Swedish immigration to Michigan. Through the efforts of the Reverend Josiah Tustin of Grand . . . — — Map (db m182781) HM
Swedish immigrants, anxious to escape
famine and an unsympathetic government, flowed into the Midwest frontier
of America from the 1870s to 1890s
searching for land and work. Railroads
and lumbering industries offered attractive opportunities to . . . — — Map (db m235304) HM
In memory of
Thomas R. Wiseman, 1925-1979.
Mr. Wiseman, Chief Maintenance Engineer for the State Highway
System from 1976 – 1979, exemplified the skilled and dedicated
engineers who administer Michigan’s outstanding highway
system. His 30 . . . — — Map (db m235240) HM
