Name/Title
Coverless Travel Guide c1895Entry/Object ID
2023.18.32Description
24-page booklet promoting Saugatuck as an early tourist destination. The cover is missing. Text mentions Chicora wreck in January 1896 so publication must be no earlier than that.
Includes place descriptions including Lone Pine Hill, the Park lands (buy a lot four rods square for $25 but you must put up a cottage costing not less than $150 within one year), the Old Landing Tree, Mt. Baldhead, Michigan Peach Belt, Lost Rock, Fishtown, a rare stand of white birch on the High Banks, the Bluffs, Shriver's Bend, Kalamazoo duck march, Oak Openings, Singapore and the Chicora mast flagpole in Douglas,
Most pages include "cuts" aka halftone photographic engravings and poem about The Singing Sands, The Country Children and Singapore.
Book title may be "Saugatuck and Its Environs." See newspaper clipping from May 31, 1895, below.Context
Example of one of the earliest visitor's guides in the collection.Collection
1880 Tourism steamship era -1930, 1870 Fruit growing, farming, agriculture, Sports: fishingCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.18Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionPublication Details
Publication Type
BookletDate Published
circa 1897Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 inWidth
5-1/2 inLocation
Box
022 B Tourist InformationRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Saugatuck Village Square/GreenRelated Places
Place
City
Singapore, Michigan 1837-1875Create Date
October 13, 2023Update Date
April 3, 2024
