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
