Old Harbor/Lighthouse presentations

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Old Harbor/Lighthouse presentations

Entry/Object ID

2023.57.30

Scope and Content

Four CDs of at least seven similar versions of a Powerpoint presentation created by Jack Sheridan about the Old Saugatuck Harbor, the Kalamazoo Lighthouse and Ox-Bow, 2003-2004.

Collection

Nautical, Buildings: Lost

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.57

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Location

Box

119 C CDs Presentations/Programs

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area/South Denison Property/Gay/Nude Beach;

General Notes

Note

Jack's speaker notes: -Myself / grandparents/father/ life in Saugatuck - Saugatuck Harbor Timeline Aerial view new channel 1990 /point out important areas/ -Property lines & ownership today/15M for red area/more for north parcel/Deam property -Point out features and locations. High and low dunes. Delta area over thousands of years. - Imaginary aerial view 1903 - Timeline / leave on screen when talking history - Trip back through history / History shaped by the water / the river / the lake / the sand Butler was trader/ Kazoo was natural highway/area was a port / lighthouse built in 1839 of rubble stone 30 ft high/ collapsed and rebuilt 150 feet to northeast in 1859/ part time keepers/ Singapore sawmill /Saugatuck developed / port/lumber/shipbuilding/ fruit growing/ finally tourism Singapore 1869 only known picture sawmill of OR Johnson 1870 First photo of lighthouse -piers were first major improvement after the lighthouses -hope to stabilize and direct current 1885 Bakers posing by lighthouse -Baker served from 1885 to 1909 -Limestone to stabilize -foundation was sturdy 1895 Old piers Baker cleaning lens -Fresnel lens was 5th order 45 feet above lake level Bakers posing for formal portrait ca1900 George and Sarah Sheridan 1903 -Had been keeper in Chicago, Calumet and Michigan City George and children 1912 George in skiff used to service the light Fishtown looking east -Fishing in warmer months / some were year round dwellings Sewers family in Mackinaw fishing boat -Old fishing family for a hundred years Lighthouse scene 1905 -New channel being cut Lighthouse and fishtown 1905 Cutting new channel Gawkers at new channel site New piers ca 1908 Aerial of new channel area Sand drifting into old channel Decaying pilings Oxbow Timeline A sweet and hidden place/a place of talented artists/ a beautiful hideaway Oxbow area aerial looking west Tallmadge woods aerial Shrivers Bend ca 1900 Riverside Hotel ca 1900 View looking north over lagoon Fursman, Clute and possibly Rupprecht Fursman in front of lighthouse ca 1928 Deam in front of lighthouse ca 1945 Shrivers Bend looking east Studios on lagoon Oxbow buildings Oxbow map 1980 Oxbow classes Lighthouse wreckage Deam cottage

Create Date

December 15, 2023

Update Date

March 30, 2024