Allegan County Heritage Trail markers
A PDF of this file is on CD 2023.73.02
Name/Title
Allegan County Heritage Trail markersEntry/Object ID
2021.72.07Scope and Content
Two CDs that contain: CD1: Four PDFs of historic markers that are (or were) installed in 2007 at Site #17 Douglas (in the Douglas Union School/Old School House yard - removed in the summer 2022) Site #18 Saugatuck (Wilson Park, next to the Information booth) Site #19 River Bluff Park in Saugatuck Township, off Old Allegan Road Site #10 Fennville by Post Office PDF, InDesign production files and photos can be found in the "Master Heritage Trail" folder on Jack Sheridian's portable hard drive - 2021.72.02 Jack Sheridan assisted in the production of these markers. These markers offered a brief historical summary plus photos and blurbs about the following sites or topics: Douglas - Basket Factory, Ferry Landing, Swing Bridge, Douglas Base Ball, Keewatin, Center Street, Congregational Church, Douglas Union School, Methodist Episcopal Church and the route of the Blue Star Highway overlaid on the 1907 Douglas Bird's Eye View drawing Saugatuck - Martel shipyard, Village Hall, 1874 bird's eye view of flats, Big Pavilion, Hotel Butler, Snug Harbor, Interurban rail, Morrison Home River Bluff Park - 1873 Township map, 1910 photo of riverboat A.R. Heath heading to New Richmond, O.R. Johnson schooner docked at Singapore ca 1869, 1871 Kalamazoo bridge with logs in the river, Douglas Basket Factory Fennville - Dickenson Opera House, Oddfellows Hall on N. side of Main St., J.G. Lamoreaux Home, Stevens Hotel, Train Depot, Fennville Milling Company silos and Fruit Exchange, South block of Main St. Fennville Goose Festival 1990, Kingsley House, J. Edward Hutchinson home CD2: PDF of Saugatuck marker only Note: A CD of the MP3 audio tours are in the Archives at 2022.09.05Context
Example of a historic marker project from 2006-2007 "Allegan County Heritage Trail is a self-guided, driving tour ... Along the 122-mile tour route, twenty-eight historical sights are identified and discussed extensively in a forty-page tour guidebook and audios. You can start the tour from any location on the route. It is designed to be driven in a clockwise direction, which provides the best scenic vistas. At each turn along the route you will see a Heritage Trail marker sign to help guide you along the route. However, you will need the Heritage Trail Tour guidebook to identify the historical sights along the way." from https://www.allegancounty.org/departments/parks-recreation-and-tourism/heritage-trail#ad-image-16Acquisition
Accession
2021.72Source or Donor
Sheridan, John "Jack" O. 1938-Acquisition Method
DonationNotes
On two CDs: One with production files, one with PDF of Saugatuck marker.Lexicon
Search Terms
Cultural tourism, economic development, heritage tourismLocation
119 D CDs Donated Content
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