A Walk Down Center Street
A historical look at the businesses and residences situated on Center Street in Douglas MI. along with a map.
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Maps
A collection of maps of the Saugatuck-Douglas area at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River. Included in the collection are both reference maps and thematic maps covering the extent of western Allegan County. This includes government surveys, fire insurance maps, advertisements, drawings, aerial photographs, housing development plans, and other spatial renderings of the Saugatuck-Douglas area.
Aerial 1955
24"x24" black and white aerial photograph of the Saugatuck Harbor taken on September 2, 1955. According to James T. Fassen this was taken as a stereoscopic image to capture additional elevation information. A code in the upper right corner is AIV-3P-136. Douglas is still dotted with orchards and large swaths of land are undeveloped.
Allegan County 1928, Fennville Quadrangle
Highly detailed, 5-color USGS quadrangle map of Fennville covering Laketown, Fillmore, Saugatuck, Manlius, Ganges, and Clyde townships. This is the second copy of this map in collection but it is not laminated and was folded. The map is rich in detail, showing buildings, school locations, roads with classification styles, land contours and place names.
Allegan County Historical Atlas and Gazetteer
All you ever wanted to know about Allegan County, Michigan. This book includes historical maps from 1829 just before the first settlers arrived through the building of the Interstate Highway System. Railroads, both steam and electric, with a few horse-drawn also included, are covered in one section and bodies of water in another. Also a brief history of settlement, a county bibliography, an essay about fictional books set in the county, and a township by township gazetteer of all settlements that ever existed. 192 pages : maps ; 27 cm
Allegan County Map 1956 Hixson
Map of Allegan County divided into townships and sections. Map shows U.S., state, and county highways.
Allegan Quadrangle Map
USGS quadrangle map of Allegan covering Overisel, Salem, Heath, Monterey, Valley, and Allegan townships.
An Intimate Map of Saugatuck
A black and white version of the birds-eye view of Saugatuck designed by Fred Stearns. Map is mounted on cardboard. Map has a decorative title box in the lower left corner adorned with a stereotypical "Indian maid" and mermaid. The map shows both old and new channels, boats on the lake and river, the swing bridge, a very bare Mt. Baldhead with people leaping down the slope, Ox-Bow, Goshorn lake, orchards, the Big Pool, the Big Pavilion, the lumberyard and buildings on Butler Street and many other charming details.
Bicentennial Commemorative Map May, 1976
Bicentennial map of Saugatuck, Douglas and Saugatuck Township. 22 x 35" on the reverse side are historical photos of the area.
Bird's-eye drawing Saugatuck 1907
Reproduction of the Joseph Warner's bird's eye map of the Village of Saugatuck 1907