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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EDM_oakland-christian-reformed-church_Hamilton-MI.html
A Dutch settlement known as Oakland sprang up in this area about a decade after the founding of nearby Holland in 1847. Many residents worshipped with the Vriesland and Drenthe congregations until they formed their own churches. One group, North O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAQ_fifty-seventh-street-bridge_Hamilton-MI.html
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, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAP_new-richmond-history_Hamilton-MI.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EAO_the-railroad-new-richmond_Hamilton-MI.html
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 Shor…