Name/Title
Walking Tour GuidebookEntry/Object ID
2023.18.45Description
12-page brochure titled "A Walking Tour of Saugatuck, Michigan, Souvenir Edition, $1.50" The text includes a general history and blurbs about 33 sites in Saugatuck. One illustration on the back cover and a fold out map. Printed with black ink on a yellow parchment-like card stock, interior pages are beige paper. Two staples. The newsletter was published by Wilcox and Lorenz in October 1989.
TO ORDER MORE
A Boat Tour of the Kalamazoo River
A Walking Tour of Saugatuck, MI.
A Tour of Saugatuck/Douglas by car
Specify which tours you want
Send $1.50 plus 50 cents postage and handling for each booklet to:
Village Tours, Box 1142, Saugatuck, Michigan 49453
Please make your check or money order payable to Village Tours
Copyright 1989, Katherine Wilcox and Charles Lorenz
Sites covered are Bay Building, Boardwalk, Boatyard Village, Chain Ferry, Colonial Inn, Coral Gables, Embassy Restaurant, First Congregational Church, Kaleigh's Guest House, Kilwin's, Leland Block, Loaf n Mug, Maplewood Hotel, Mount Baldhead, Newnham Inn, Old Livery Stable, Peterson Mill, Petter Gallery, Pine Grove School, Public Square, Pumpernickle's, Purple Palace, Rich's Pie Factory, Saugatuck Drug Co., Saugatuck Village Hall, Ship n Shore, Singapore Bank Building, Summer School of Painting, Tuck's of Saugatuck, Twin Oaks, The White House, The Wickwood and Wilkins Hardware.
Some information, like the location of Susan B. Anthony's speech or the Union Hotel, is contradicted as new information came to light.Context
A Saugatuck Walking TourCollection
Buildings: Commercial, Churches and religion, Commercial businessesCataloged By
swinthers@icloud.comAcquisition
Accession
2023.18Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionDimensions
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8-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 inLocation
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159 Walking/Trolley ToursRelationships
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Person or Organization
Saugatuck Village Square/GreenGeneral Notes
Note
The introduction from the tour:
A BRIEF HISTORY
In 1830, when William G Butler and his family arrived at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River, West Michigan was sparsely populated with fur traders and native Americans.
Butler moved a few miles upriver to the seasonal Indian village, now named Saugatuck, and set up a small trading post. Around that time land speculators established Singapore, a lumber town, near the mouth of the Kalamazoo. After the tree supply was exhausted, Singapore became a ghost town. It has been covered by shifting sand dunes.
The settlements of Saugatuck and Douglas grew slowly until the 1860s. In this decade major harbor improvements led to large ship building operations and the beginning of tourism. A bridge was built crossing the Kalamazoo River, steam engines came into use, and the area's first church was built. Saugatuck was incorporated in 1868; Douglas two years later.
Following the lumber era, fruit farming developed and made use of steamships to transport crops to Chicago. Around the turn of the century, the Interurban railroad connected Saugatuck to Grand Rapids and a new channel to Lake Michigan was cut, opening the harbor to larger ships and excursion boats. The natural beauty of the area has continued to attract artists and visitors throughout the twentieth century.Create Date
October 23, 2021Update Date
April 3, 2024
