Download or read book The Muskegon written by Jeff Alexander and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muskegon is a derivation of a Native American word meaning "river with marshes." Jeff Alexander examines the creation, uses of, devastation, and restoration of Michigan's historic and beautiful Muskegon River. Four of the five Great Lakes touch Michigan's shores; the state's shoreline spans more than 4,500 miles, not to mention more than 11,000 inland lakes and a multitude of rivers. The Muskegon River, the state's second longest river, runs 227 miles and has the most diverse features of any of Michigan’s many rivers. The Muskegon rises from the center of the state, widens, and moves westward, passing through the Pere Marquette and AuSable State Forests. The river ultimately flows toward Lake Michigan, where it opens into Muskegon Lake, a 12 square-mile, broad harbor located between the Muskegon River and Lake Michigan. Formed several thousand years ago, when the glaciers that created the Great Lakes receded, and later inhabited by Ottawa and Potawatomi Indians, the Muskegon River was used by French fur trappers in the 1600s. Rich in white pine, the area was developed during the turn-of-the-century lumber boom, and at one time Muskegon Lake boasted more than 47 sawmills. The Muskegon was ravaged following settlement by Europeans, when rivers and streams were used to transport logs to the newly developing cities. Dams on rivers and larger streams provided power for sawmills and grain milling, and later provided energy for generating electricity as technology advanced. There is now an ambitious effort to restore and protect this mighty river's natural features in the face of encroaching urbanization and land development that threatens to turn this majestic waterway into a mirror image of the Grand River, Michigan's longest river and one of its most polluted.

Download or read book Muskegon 365 written by Roger Rapoport and published by RDR Books. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just a few hours by car or ferry from the major urban centers of Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, undiscovered Muskegon with its year-round recreation and cultural events is truly a world apart. Almost 400 miles of rivers, 11,400 acres of inland lakes and 27 miles of Lake Michigan waterfront with some of America's cleanest beaches make for great camping, boating, fishing and sunbathing. More than 50 miles of paved coastal and forest trails offer incomparable walking, running, biking and skateboarding in summer as well as cross-country skiing and a full range of other snow sports in winter. Whether your vacation tastes run to elegant bed-and-breakfast inns, thrill-a-minute family theme parks, museums or fall color tours, Muskegon 365 will show you where to discover the fun of Michigan's west coast. This is a complete all season guide to this popular.

Download or read book Michigan s Lumbertowns written by Jeremy W. Kilar and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers. Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban economic development, Michigan Lumbertowns considers the extent to which the entrepreneurial approach was influenced by each city's cultural-ethnic construct and its social history. More than a narrative history, it is a study of violence, business, and social change.

Download or read book Wastwater Management Project Muskegon Country Michigan written by United States. National Water Commission and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis of the Muskegon County Michigan Wastewater Management Project written by George W. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon Harbor Shore Damage Mitigation written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon County Wastewater Management System written by Y. A. Demirjian and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Long Range Recreation Plan for the Greater Muskegon Area June 1 1945 written by United States. Office of Community War Services. Division of Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon Harbor Mich written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon Lake Permit Westran Corporation written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wastewater is Muskegon County s Solution Your Solution written by John Martin Walker and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inventory of the County Archives of Michigan Muskegon County Muskegon No more published written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inventory of the County Archives of Michigan Muskegon County Muskegon No more published written by Michigan Historical Records Survey and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon County Wastewater Treatment Management System written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil Survey of Muskegon County Michigan written by Lawrence Clifford Wheeting and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Muskegon Lumberjacks The Life of a Hockey Puck written by Jay VandeVoorde and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Jay VandeVoorde is joined by six 2010-2011 Muskegon Lumberjacks Players: Paul Berrafato, Matt DeBlouw, Micki Mihailovich, Casey Thrush, Brendan Woods and Mark Yanis in writing Muskegon Lumberjacks---The Life of a Hockey Puck! A childrens book exploring what life would be like for a hockey puck in a real-life game situation at the L. C. Walker Sports Arena in Muskegon, Michigan. Follow the antics of an Official USHL Hockey Puck as he is slapped, passed, scored, and beaten during the scope of a hockey game. Experience a hockey game as the game puck even describes the rough and tumble fights that take place during a contest. Come inside Muskegon Lumberjacks-The Life of a Hockey Puck! Witness what the world of USHL and Lumberjack hockey is really like!

Download or read book Grand Rapids Grand Haven Muskegon Railway Co v Stevens 219 MICH 323 1922 written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 59