Muskegon County

County Seat: Muskegon

Origin of Name: A derivation of the Native American word meaning "river with marshes"

Set Off: 1859

Organized: 1859

Population in 1990: 158,983

For many counties the number of items listed is quite long. Navigational buttons are located only at the end of the list. This list of material represents the library's holdings as of July 1997. Be sure to check with us for any additional items we may now have either by contacting the library or by pressing the " Centra-Libraries Catalog" link to the left.

Berman, Louis J., comp. 100 Years, Whitehall, Michigan, 1860-1960. [Whitehall Centennial Committee, 1960].

Bianchi, Lisa. Lumbering Days of Muskegon. CMU Term Paper, n.d.

Bluffton Historical Committee. Shifting Sands: A Story of the Bluffton Area. Muskegon, MI: The Committee, 1976.

Boyd, J. Fred. My 95 Years in Muskegon. [Muskegon, MI: The Author], 1978.

Christiansen, Mildred. Muskegon County Airport: A History. [Muskegon, MI: Muskegon County Airport Committee, 1976].

Craw, E.L. The Fruitport Orchard & Vineyard Company Have Secured About Eighteen Square Miles of the Choicest Fruit Lands in the Celebrated "Michigan Peach Belt" Near the Town of Fruitport. [Fruitport, MI: The Company, 1869].

Devlin, Dennis S. Muskegon's Jewish Community: A Centennial History, 1888-1988. Muskegon, MI: Dana Printing Corp., 1988.

Everett, Franklin. Memorials of the Grand River Valley. Chicago, IL: Chicago Legal News Company, 1878.

Freitag, Anne L. Muskegon, My Home Town. Muskegon, MI: Freitag, 1980.

Fruitport Area News. January 19, 1983-December 18, 1993.

The Gifts to the City of Muskegon by Charles H. Hackley. Muskegon, MI: The Chronicle, 1902.

Glover, E.S. Birds-Eye View of Muskegon, Michigan 1889, from Muskegon Lake Looking East. Chicago, IL: A.J. little, [1889].

Hackley Memorial Association. Charles Henry Hackley: An Appreciation. Muskegon, MI: Hackley Memorial Association, 1929.

Haight, Louis P. The Life of Charles Henry Hackley; Drawn from Old Public and Family Records. Muskegon, MI: Dana Printing Co., 1949.

Hansen, William P. The Lost City of Fruitvale, Michigan. Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 1989.

Harms, Richard H. Life After Lumbering: Charles Henry Hackley and the Emergence of Muskegon, Michigan. NY: Garland, 1989.

Holton Area Centennial Book Committee. Holton Area Centennial, 1871-1971. Holton, MI: 1971.

Kilar, Jeremy W. Michigan's Lumbertowns: Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1990.

Kyes, Alice Prescott. Romance of Muskegon. Muskegon, MI: Muskegon Heritage Association, 1974.

Lake Michigan Coast. November/December 1991-November/December 1992.

LeFevre, William M. Medical History of Muskegon County. . . Muskegon, MI: Dana Printing Co., 1964.

Lewis, Albert W. Greater Muskegon, Its Importance as Manufacturing Centre. . . [Muskegon, MI: F.J. Smith], 1911.

Memories of Bailey, Michigan, 1854-1976. [Fremont, MI: Fremont Hi-Lites, 1976].

Mitchell, Lawrence. A Proposal for a Historic Preservation Program within the City of Muskegon. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, 197-].

The Montague Area, 100 Years: 1867-1967. Montague, MI: Montague Area Centennial, 1967.

Muskegon Bird's Eye View. Map, 1889.

Muskegon Chronicle. January 30, 1869-May 25, 1893.

Muskegon County Pioneer and Historical Society. Annual. 1887.

Muskegon Magazine. February 1986; August/September 1987-August/September 1991.

Muskegon Means Home to Me: A Group of Photographs of the Muskegon Area Including Muskegon Heights and North Muskegon. Muskegon, MI: Greater Muskegon Chamber of Commerce, 1947.

Okkonen, Marc. Baseball in Muskegon: An Illustrated Chronology of the National Pastime in West Michigan's Port City. Muskegon, MI: M. Okkonen, 1993.

Okkonen, Marc. Buster Keaton and the Muskegon Connection, the Actors' Colony at Bluffton, 1908-1938. Muskegon, MI: Dobb Printing, 1995.

Olson, Colleen A. Occidental Hotel: A Faded Queen. CMU Term Paper, 1974. (Muskegon).

A Pictorial Record of the Muskegon Lumbering Era: The Brinen Lumber Company Prints. North Muskegon Historical Committee, 1976.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Muskegon and Ottawa Counties. . . Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Co., 1893.

Read, Frederic. The First Two Hundred Years in Muskegon. [Benton Harbor, MI: Patterson College, 1976].

Reck, Colleen. Lady of the Lake: A History of the Lake Harbor Resort. CMU Term Paper, 1975.

Romance of Muskegon, Michigan, 1937. Centennial Year. Muskegon, MI: Muskegon Chronicle, [1937].

St. Jean de Baptiste Catholic Church: Centennial, 1883-1983. Muskegon, MI: S