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Built in 1891, DeWitt School typifies the one-room schools of the turn of the century. It stands on an acre of land that was donated by the DeWitt and Bosch families. Classes for grades one through eight were held in it until 1957. At one time, a . . . — — Map (db m89161) HM
Hezekiah (1816-1896) and Lucinda
(1824-1884) Smith were free African
Americans who moved from Ohio to
Michigan and settled near Ferrysburg in
the 1840s. Hezekiah worked as
blacksmith and eventually became a
prominent landowner and farmer in . . . — — Map (db m229853) HM
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Winsor McCay (c.1867-1934), a pioneer in cartoon animation, first received acclaim for his artwork as a pupil in Spring Lake's Union School. His blackboard sketch of the 1880 wreck of the SS Alpena inspired a photographer to . . . — — Map (db m88985) HM
