News Item in the Grand River Eagle "The Enterprising Citizens of Kalamazoo are Bestirring Themselves Vigorously in Favor of Putting a Plank Road Thru' from That Place to the Holland Settlement....Is Grand Rapids Asleep?"

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A news item in the Grand River Eagle, p. 2, reporting that "The enterprising citizens of Kalamazoo are bestirring themselves vigorously in favor of putting a Plank Road thru' from that place to the Holland Settlement....Is Grand Rapids asleep?"

Date

2-11-1848

Notes

Description of the document by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.

About the collection:

Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."

Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.

Source

Grand River Eagle, February 11, 1848, p. 2.

Recommended Citation

"News Item in the Grand River Eagle "The Enterprising Citizens of Kalamazoo are Bestirring Themselves Vigorously in Favor of Putting a Plank Road Thru' from That Place to the Holland Settlement....Is Grand Rapids Asleep?"" (1848). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 286.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/286