Legendary locals of Grand Rapids, Michigan / Norma Lewis and Jay de Vries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Norma, 1940- Author.

Vries, Jay de., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Legendary locals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grand Rapids (Mich.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Grand Rapids (Mich.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Other Title:

Legendary locals of Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Legendary Locals, an imprint of Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

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 second largest with a population of nearly 200,000, more than triple when adding the surrounding metropolitan area. Though best known as the hometown of President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford, the city lays claim to others who are, or have been, in the national spotlight as well. These include astronauts Roger Chaffee and Jack Lousma; sports figures Stan Ketchel, Dave Rozema, Mickey Stanley, and Chris Kaman; screenwriter and director Paul Schrader; actors Lorna Gray and Dick York; writers Meindert DeJong, Chris Van Allsburg, and Bich Ngyuen, to name just a few. In these pages are legends named Meijer, Van Andel, De Vos, Trotter, Belknap, Hekman, and Wege. Others are lesser known, or even unknown, but their heartwarming stories make them equally worthy of legendary status.

Contents:

The early years

1851-1900

1901-1950

1951-1980

1981-present.

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC:

885208203