What you need to know about Muskegon's Past!
To help researchers who are looking for basic information on Muskegon history, the Lakeshore Museum Center Archives, with the help of local historian Tom Carlson, put together a collection of essays* on subjects that generate the most requests.
- The Actor's Colony
- The Alabama
- Alaska Refrigerators
- Campbell, Wyant & Cannon
- Central/Sappi Paper - Muskegon's Paper Mill
- Chase Brothers Piano
- Continental Motors
- Douglas Malloch
- Hackley Library
- Hackley Park Statues
- Charles Hackley & Thomas Hume
- Hardy's & Grossman's Department Stores
- Henry Ford Motor Car Company
- John Torrent
- Jonathan Walker
- Lake Michigan Park
- Local Artists
- Lyman G. Mason
- Martin Ryerson
- Michigan/Frauenthal Theater
- The Milwaukee Clipper
- Muskegon Farmers' Market
- Muskegon Lassies
- Occidental Hotel
- Old Indian Cemetery
- Pigeon Hill
- Pine Street Fire
- Raggedy Ann
- St. Mary's Church
- Three Muskegon Shipwrecks
- Western Avenue Fires
- Women's Club
*All essays are Copyright 2009 Muskegon County Museum
and Tom Carlson.