On North Main Street near East 5th Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On North Main Street at East 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
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
On 90th Avenue at Penasha Road (9 Mile Road), on the right when traveling south on 90th Avenue.
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
On Mill Street at Water Street, on the left when traveling north on Mill Street.
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
On 20 Mile Road at Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 20 Mile Road.
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
On U.S. 131 at Southbound Tustin Rest Area, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 131.
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
On U.S. 131, 10.4 miles south of Michigan Route 115, on the right when traveling south.
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
