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Language: en
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Grand Rapids, Michigan was the center for shopping in western Michigan with department stores, five-and-dimes and more, until the advent of the shopping mall. F
Language: en
Pages: 130
Pages: 130
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-27 - Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
For decades, downtown Grand Rapids enjoyed a long run in the limelight as the epicenter of shopping in western Michigan. The vibrant Monroe Avenue corridor incl
Language: en
Pages: 130
Pages: 130
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Grand Rapids began as an Indian trading post. Louis Campau became the first permanent white settler in 1826. Today, the city on the Grand River is Michigan's se
Language: en
Pages: 128
Pages: 128
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-08 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
For millennia, people have gathered at the rapids of the Grand River, the place where downtown Grand Rapids now stands. From its earliest recorded history in th
Language: en
Pages: 132
Pages: 132
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
William Haldane opened a cabinet shop in 1836, 14 years before Grand Rapids incorporated. Other furniture companies followed: Berkey and Gay, Widdicomb, Sligh,
