Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fennville, Michigan

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Fennville, Michigan

1 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — L589 — Fifty-Seventh Street Bridge —

Near Old Allegan Road, 0.3 miles east of 58th Street.

Spanning the Kalamazoo River, this 422-foot bridge is one of Michigan’s longest pony truss highway bridges, and among the oldest surviving swing bridges in the United States. The Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Company fabricated the $5,000 structure, . . . — — Map (db m73574) HM

2 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — Ganges Township Civil War Monument —

Near Blue Star Highway (County Road A-2) 0.4 miles south of 124th Avenue (State Highway 89), on the left when traveling south.

(Front / West Panel) Ganges Volunteers S. Shepherd 2 CAV • U.M. Nichols 2 CAV • Loomis 3 CAV • W. Bicnell 3 CAV • S. Winn 3 CAV • R. Winn 3 CAV • J. Woodin 3 CAV • O.P. Taylor 5 CAV • J.M. Weaver 8 CAV • S.D. Tobey 8 CAV • W. . . . — — Map (db m73510) WM

3 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — New Richmond Historical Timeline —

Near Old Allegan Road, 0.2 miles north of 57th Street, on the left when traveling north.

1825 - Trading post established by Louis Campau (a Frenchman) at the mouth of the Rabbit River approximately one mile upstream from what is now New Richmond.
1825 - Mack’s Landing trading post established where Purdy’s Landing is now . . . — — Map (db m73571) HM

4 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — New Richmond History —

Near Old Allegan Road, 0.3 miles east of 58th Street.

New Richmond got its start in 1836, when three eastern investors, led by John Allen of Ann Arbor, arranged to found a city here. John Allen, a Virginian by birth, purchased 2240 acres in Allegan County on the north side of the Kalamazoo River just . . . — — Map (db m73573) HM

5 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — The Railroad & New Richmond —

Near Old Allegan Road, 0.3 miles east of 58th Street.

The railroad has been a central component of New Richmond’s history from the very beginning. The first railroad bridge crossing the Kalamazoo River at New Richmond was completed in 1871. It was originally built for the Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore . . . — — Map (db m73572) HM

6 ► Michigan, Allegan County, Fennville — Stop 10 — Welcome to Fennville — Allegan County Heritage Trail —

On W. Main Street (State Highway 89) west of Maple Street, on the right when traveling west.

The early settlement that eventually became Fennville was established where two log roads crossed at a low place along the town line road between Manlius and Clyde Townships. Early maps show a church and sawmill on the high ground to the west of . . . — — Map (db m73526) HM

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