Name/Title
Liberty PolesEntry/Object ID
2024.01.20Scope and Content
Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about Saugatuck's Republican and Democratic Liberty Poles.
The Republican pole was 130-foot-high flagpole — about the equivalent of a 10-story building — that stood on the Village Green from 1868 to at least 1895.
As per research by James T. Fassen, "In the 1960s, Carl Bird recalls that the Democratic flag pole was located at the Haymarket, which was the park in front of the Butler Hotel. He also recalled that the flag pole in the square was 200 feet high and the tallest in the country."
The location of the 100-foot Democratic pole may have been by Saugatuck Village Hall.Collection
NewspapersCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2024.01Source or Donor
Yoder, ChrisAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalNotes
These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping.
Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01Location
* Untyped Location
Digital data in CatalogItRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Saugatuck Village Square/Green, Liberty Poles, Saugatuck, Lawrence, Orrin A. 1845-1890, 40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/HaymarketCreate Date
March 14, 2024Update Date
July 18, 2024
