Grand Haven Daily Tribune Article Index
1893
1892 Article Index Home Page 1894
| Article Subject | Article Description |
| (Government Pond) / fishing | Fishermen cut holes in ice in pond near pier |
| Ships / Porcupine | Porcupine news |
| Industry / lumbering | Regrets about cutting all the trees along the Grand River |
| Piers / foghorn | Foghorn lets out incessant whistle all night - blizzard |
| Harbor / advantages | Grand Haven harbor advantages |
| Storms / Blizzard | Ship survivals, burning and near fatalities at docks |
| Harbors / evaluation | Grand Haven harbor praised / St. Joe criticized |
| Ships / blizzard | More on Lora and Wright during blizzard |
| Survival / attack by wolves | 1860s story of Grand Haven man attacked by pack of wolves |
| Sand dunes / named | Fishermen have a name for every harbor sand dune |
| Ships / marine news | Marine news section appears frequently at this time |
| Ships / Roanoke fire | Roanoke catches on fire |
| Piers / construction | 550 foot pier will be built at Muskegon this summer |
| Lillie / praised | Lillie rejects West Point admission so other can go |
| Publication / Grand Haven drawing | Another ‘bird’s eye view’ of Grand Haven published |
| Yates / rowing champion | Story of Capt. Frank Yates – rower, fencer, scully |
| Shipwreck / Wright | More on destruction of Wright during |
| Crime / horse thieves | More on Sweeny horse thief gang |
| Harbors / Manistee praised | Manistee lauded for winter navigation / Grand Haven harbor |
| Piers / construction | E.G. Crosby to go to work on St. Joe pier |
| Ships / Ironsides | Grand Haven harbor ice blockades / Ironsides ice parties |
| Entertainment / shadow shows | New shadow pictures described |
| Railroads / accident | Dog hit by train survives |
| Piers / use | Crowds s. pier to watch Roanoke come in |
| Harbor / dangerous activities | Woman runs across harbor ice in front of Roanoke |
| Lifesavers / supply depot | Grand Haven lifesaver supply depot 1 of 3 in U.S. |
| Railroads / route suspension | Railroad from Detroit may suspend route - ice |
| Shipwreck / prevention | Frankfort plan to mount oil tank on pier to calm lake |
| Entertainment / puppets | Making prize fighters out of clothes pins |
| Ships / ice breaking | Rudderless Merick cuts ice for Wisconsin |
| Piers / ice threat | Ice threatens to crush the Muskegon pier |
| Floods / Eastmanville | Eastmanville flood recalled |
| Harbors / Muskegon criticized | Muskegon criticized as a winter harbor |
| Recreation / skating | Grand Haven boys ice skate to Muskegon |
| Harbors / complaints on ice | Captains complain about Muskegon ice |
| Harbors / ice controversy | More on harbor ice controversy |
| Fires / Grand Haven history of | Early Grand Haven fires recalled |
| Harbor / ice blockade | Wisconsin can’t leave docks at Grand Haven -ice |
| Document / land office | Old petition to move land office to Grand Haven |
| Piers / collision | Roanoke hits pier and goes aground on beach |
| Piers / collision | Big crowds line pier to watch Roanoke grounding |
| Harbors / evaluations | Ongoing newspaper battle on harbor comparisons |
| Harbors / evaluations | More on harbor comparisons |
| Harbor / ice blockades | Wisconsin caught in ice off Muskegon |
| Publication / Grand Haven harbor | Another ‘birds eye’ view of Grand Haven harbor |
| Crime / Grand Haven murders | History of city murders over past 15 years |
| Resident / snowbird | Grand Haven snowbird writes to Tribune from Florida |
| Boats / velocipede | Human-power boat invented (Aquatic Velocipede) |
| Harbor / ice blockades | Wisconsin cannot make Grand Haven harbor – ice 15 ft. high |
| Railroads / train ferries | Cross-lake train ferry possibilities |
| Piers / foghorn | Grand Haven foghorn can be heard 15 miles inland |
| City / snowball danger | Dangers of throwing snowballs |
| Piers / construction | Ice thick enough at Muskegon to carry stone to cribs |
| Boats / ice boating | Ice boating at Muskegon harbor and Lake Michigan |
| Phenomena / dirty snow | Dirty snowfall - meteor dust? |
| Lifesavers / insurance plan | Insurance plan for lifesavers |
| Piers / collision | Mary E. Cooke jumping Milwaukee pier recalled |
| Harbor / speed limits | Navigation rules for channels |
| Shipbuilding / Grand Haven | 120 boats built at Grand Haven |
| Electric lights / outage | Cat killed in dynamo wheel |
| Recreation / skate sailing | Skate sailing article/drawing |
| Business / newspapers | Automatic newspaper selling machine |
| Transportation / Driving | How to hold reigns driving a buggy or wagon |
| Business / telephones | Inadequacy of Holland telephone service |
| Fishing / ice fishing | Popularity of ice fishing |
| Signs / cigarettes | Funny ‘no cigarettes for kids’ sign |
| Ads / baby carriages | Baby carriage ad |
| Industry / paper mill | Location for paper mill sought |
| Weather / hard winter | Ice now worst of a very hard winter |
| Piers /construction | St. Joe n. pier to be extended. |
| Floods / Grand River | The Grand River is flooding in Grand Rapids |
| Fishing / flood | Flooding Grand threatens fish shanties |
| Piers / undermining | Swift current causing 100 ft. of pier to settle |
| Piers / construction | Ludlow advertises for construction material transport |
| Harbors / Flood | Flood causing sand bar in front of harbor |
| Industry / lumbering | Grand Haven saw mill days recalled |
| Harbors / Flood | Sand bar caused by flooding exaggerated |
| Lifesavers / rescue | Lifesaver DeYoung saves boy in capsized canoe |
| Piers / repair | Dredge at work repairing flood-damaged crib |
| Phenomena / seiche | Sudden 4-ft. rise in water level at Grand Haven |
| Phenomena / seiche | Tidal wave (seiche) hits Chicago (4/6) |
| Piers / appropriations | Ex-Senator Ferry’s work to get pier appropriations |
| Highland Park / improvement | Ex-Senator Ferry’s work to improve park |
| Government / William Ferry | Mayor recalls work of ex-senator Ferry |
| Piers / construction | Crosby at Ludington with timbers for St. Joe pier |
| Piers / fishing | “Fishing on piers should be in full blast in 3 weeks.” |
| Phenomena / seiche | Seiche investigated / questions asked |
| Shipwrecks / Ironsides | Remains of Ironsides washes up on beach |
| Piers / use | The piers were visited by many yesterday |
| Piers / construction | Crosby begins work of extending Muskegon piers |
| Weather / high winds | 40–60 mph. east wind |
| Piers / rescue | Lifesaver makes heroic rescue at Milwaukee |
| Harbor / inspection | Col. Ludlow to make inspection of this shore |
| Delinquency / ‘loungers’ | ‘Loungers’ who hang around church |
| City / transportation praised | Good description of G.H. transportation advantages |
| Ships / Indian Bill | Story of Indian Bill / Captain Bean |
| Ships / Indian Bill | Indian Bill unloads cargo for Robbins |
| Ships / Indian Bill | More on Indian Bill and late dog |
| Piers / fishing | Pier fishermen will be late this year because of cold |
| Piers / repair | Pile arrives for work on pier flood damage |
| Piers / collision | Atlanta hits Muskegon pier |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with pier stone / construction begins soon |
| Piers / construction | Description of cribs to be added to piers |
| Piers / construction | 80 tons of iron bars arrive for crib construction |
| Piers / fishing | Very few perch being caught at pier |
| Harbors / depth | Grand Haven harbor is deeper than most |
| Piers / repair | Dredge is still at work for repairing pier damage |
| Drownings / number | Few drownings this year |
| Fires / Spring Lake | Map showing area burned by fire |
| Bicycles / rescue | Bicyclist saved after falling from railroad bridge |
| Lifesavers / John Lysaght | Story of Captain Lysaght |
| Lifesavers / fatalities | Seven Cleveland lifesavers lost in raft rescue attempt |
| Piers / construction | Scow is brought from Manistee for pier construction |
| Piers / construction | Former Grand Haven man will head Racine pier construction |
| Harbors / depth | Harbor depths for Lake Michigan east shore listed |
| Piers / construction | Carrie Ryerson in with scow load of spiles for pier |
| Weather / late snowfall | |
| Piers / construction | Spile drivers will be working all summer |
| Piers / construction | Carrie Ryerson and Bob rice in with timber for pier |
| Piers / appropriations | $1000,000 for Muskegon pier voted down |
| Horseracing / Muskegon | The horses and owners of Muskegon Trotting Park |
| Piers / fishing | Large lawyer fish caught at n. pier |
| Piers / fishing | First black bass caught at pier |
| Piers / fishing | 90 people fishing at piers |
| Piers / construction | Francis Hinton in last night / with pier spiles? |
| Piers / inspection | Submarine divers |
| Piers / foghorn | Foghorn whistles all night |
| Piers / lights | New York piers are lighted |
| Piers / construction | Hinton unloads spiles for pier today |
| Piers / construction | Hinton arrives with spiles for pier |
| Piers / description | Story of Arcadis, MI piers |
| Piers / construction | Lumber for Grand Haven piers comes from Manistee |
| Piers / foghorn | Complaints on Manistee foghorn |
| Highland Park | Capt. Walker reports many bathers at park last night |
| Piers / fishing | Number of fisherman winding there way to pier |
| Piers / fishing | 4 pound black bass caught at pier |
| Piers / repair | Depth of river where pier is being repaired – 36 ft. |
| Courthouse / construction | Drawing of proposed new courthouse |
| 4th of July / planning | 4th of July committee set |
| Piers / repair | Sign warns ships not to dock near pier repair |
| Piers / fishing | Fishing at piers not good because of muddy water |
| Horseracing / track repair | Local horsemen fixing up old Grand Haven track |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with timber for pier |
| Ships/ Ellen Stevenson | Ellen Stevenson rebuilt after being wrecked at Grand Haven |
| Ships / Indian Bill | Indian Bill springs a leak / repaired by lifesavers |
| Fish Shanties / swimming | Swimming at fish shanties |
| World Fair / description | Beautiful page on Chicago World Fair |
| Highland Park / fire | Cottage burns at park |
| Piers / fishing | Pier fishing promoted |
| Industry / shipping | Scores of schooners laying at Chicago – no cargo |
| Entertainment / circus | Ad for local circus |
| Piers / construction | New pier crib sunk at Muskegon |
| Highland Park / use | Many new arrivals are the park today |
| 4th of July / drinking | Problem with bar owners for 4th of July |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with more timbers for crib |
| Horseracing / new sulky | Pneumatic sulky arrives here |
| Harbor / use | Crowded and busy day at the docks |
| Piers / construction | Hinton tows cribs across river to make room |
| 4th of July / expenditures | $28 spent by city / fireworks - $16 / incidental -$12 |
| Hospital / marine | Grand Haven has one of 24 marine hospitals on Great Lakes |
| 4th of July / expenditures | Incidental cost breakdown and unpaid bills |
| Highland Park / camping | A party of Grand Rapids men are camping at park |
| Grand River / rescue | Two women save boy who falls in river |
| (Dewey) Hill / view | People across harbor look like ants from big sand hill |
| Disasters / 1893 | Milwaukee pier horror / Victoria sinks / expo fire |
| Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair | Geo. St. Clair is at Muskegon Park |
| Piers / construction | Muskegon pier to be completed September 15 |
| Sand dunes / excavation | Many sand dunes and mounds smaller – used for fill |
| Sea lion / escape | Escaped Chicago sea lion seen at Grand Traverse Bay |
| Ships / Indian Bill | More news |
| Highland Park / fugitive | Escaped convict seen in park yesterday |
| Harbor / drowning | 13 year old ‘colored boy’ drowns in south channel |
| Small Pox / threat | Immigrants infected with small pox heading this way |
| Ships / Christopher Columbus | Whaleback steamer Christopher Columbus to race |
| Ships / racing | Fishing tugs race down channel |
| Piers / construction | Pier cribs docked next to the old Bailey mill site |
| Highland Park / delinquency | Park residents complain of rowdy boys |
| Ships / Christopher Columbus | More on Christopher Columbus race |
| Ships / Indian Bill | Indian Bill in port |
| Boating / regatta | Grand Haven regatta a success |
| Highland Park / cottages | List of cottages and visitors at park |
| Transportation / horses | Only two horses in Grand Haven during the 1860s |
| Grand River / drowning | 14 year old boy drowns in river |
| Piers / foghorn | Foghorn blows for two hours in heavy fog |
| Horseracing / Lansing | Big article / ad on Lansing trotting races |
| Highland Park / near drowning | Little girl falls out of boat at park and nearly drowns |
| Piers / construction | Scarcity of lumber slows pier crib construction |
| Piers / construction | “Pier” to be built at fish shanties |
| Ships / Indian Bill | Indian Bill unloading wood |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with pier materials? |
| Highland Park / benefit to city | Financial benefit of park to city – $25 - $50,000/yr |
| Highland Park / opinion | Resorter responds to park benefit to city statement |
| Court house / Time capsule | Time capsule placement in court house |
| Ships / Ironsides | Previous skipper of Ironsides dies |
| (Dewey) hill / history | The ‘ big sand hill’ was 200 feet higher 30 years ago |
| Piers / foghorn | Jerry Kinkema should be placed on pier as foghorn |
| Highland Park / near drowning | Boy almost drowns at park – no details |
| Court house / construction | Court house cornerstone laid / ceremony |
| Phenomena / grasshoppers | Beach covered with grasshoppers 6 inches deep |
| Court house / mishap | Disaster narrowly averted at cornerstone ceremony |
| Highland Park / death | First park death – Mrs. Emory-heart disease |
| Highland Park / picnic | Farmers have picnic at park |
| Court house / address | Cornerstone address: how Grand Haven became county seat |
| City / history | When principal part of city was across river |
| Happy Hollow / demise | How hollow was covered over by sand and burned |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with lumber for pier construction |
| Grand River / pearl hunting | Pearl Hunting in Grand River |
| Boating / endurance rowing | Man rows small aluminum boat to World Fair |
| Flag / criticism | Tribune criticizes Grand Haven’s Rix Robinson flag |
| Piers / construction | Slab scow unloading at pier today |
| Highland Park / fire | |
| Grand River / pearl hunting | Grand Haven ‘pearl rush’ |
| Piers / construction | Financial depression affecting Grand Haven pier construction? |
| Piers / construction | Pier spile cutoffs salvaged by John Welsh |
| Lifesavers / construction | John Welsh builds $500 lifeboat slide |
| Flag / criticism | Detroit newspaper criticizes Rix Robinson flag |
| Bayous / pearl hunting | More on pearl hunting in Pottawatomie Bayou |
| Horseracing / Grand Haven track | History of Grand Haven’s racetrack |
| Horseracing / track repair | Local man repairs Grand Haven racetrack |
| Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair | Geo. St. Clair races in Milwaukee |
| Grand River / pearl hunting | More on Grand River pearl hunting |
| Phenomena / sea creature | Sea creature spotted |
| World Fair / Grand Haven and 1893 | |
| Piers / construction | Iron bolts for Grand Haven pier shipped to Manistee |
| Wildlife / bear | Two black bears seen at Smith’s bayou |
| Piers / repair | Pier crib pumped out across from freight house |
| Piers / repair | Crib pumped out for placement at pier |
| Ships / Ironsides | Ironsides wreck recalled – 20th anniversary |
| Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair | Geo. St. Clair throws a shoe |
| Spring Lake / pearl hunting | Many pearls found in Spring Lake |
| Ships / Ironsides | More on Ironsides casualties |
| Horseracing / Grand Haven track | Trotting matinees at Grand Haven racetrack |
| Court House / construction | Court house being built cheaply compared to others |
| Fishing / pearls | Some valued at $10 each |
| Piers / construction | First of pier cribs to be sunk tomorrow |
| Piers / construction | Hinton arrives with materials for pier work |
| Piers / construction | Ad asking for men for pier work 35 cents/hour |
| Horseracing / Peach Plain | Peach Plains racetrack under cultivation |
| Piers / construction | Stone for pier construction comes from Sturgeon Bay |
| Artifact / Waterloo spyglass | Capt. Jack Walker has a spyglass used at Waterloo |
| Piers / construction | New pier crib tied up waiting for dredge |
| Piers / construction | Five ships tied up with pier crib with stone etc. |
| Piers / construction | Dredge is at pier making spot for new crib |
| Piers / construction | Dredge still at work making spot for pier crib |
| Piers / construction | Description of crib |
| Piers / construction | Stones from Hinton unloaded in crib today |
| Railroads / windmill | Railroad windmill torn down |
| Grand River / pearl hunting | River pearls devaluated |
| Flag / criticism | Rix Robinson flag criticized again |
| Boating / expedition | 2 men come down Grand to Mississippi to Florida |
| Piers / construction | Hinton tows 2nd crib to pier / big gale |
| Harbor / sand bars | Sand bars forming at Holland piers |
| Ships / Alpena | Story of life preserver from Alpena |
| Ships / spile driver | Pier spile driver leaves for Muskegon |
| Ships / captains | Captain Smallman dies |
| Highland Park / hunting | Hunters in park warned |
| Life savers / depot | A number of surf carts received at life saving depot |
| Harbor / sand bar | Dangerous bar forms outside Grand Haven harbor |
| Ships / captains | More on Capt. Smallman / Civil War record |
| Harbor / depth | Engineers chief assures that harbor is deep enough |
| Ships / Spaulding | Pier construction tug will fish this winter |
| Shipwreck / Alpena | 13th anniversary of Alpena sinking |
| Ghosts / sighting | The ghost of 92 seen again in Grand Haven |
| Piers / construction | 2nd crib to be sunk / Hinton arrives with pier stone |
| (Dewey) hill / size | Big sand hill is only ½ as big as before / shrinking |
| Delinquency / gangs | Grand Haven youth gangs described / Jesse James gang |
| Streets/ signs | Grand Haven needs street signs |
| Ghosts / sighting | Grand Haven ghost seen again |
| Business / concessions | Capt. Walker sets up concession on Washington St. |
| Piers / construction | Surveyors here for pier crib placement |
| Piers / construction | Carrie Ryerson here with lumber for pier |
| Ghosts / infestation | Grand Haven shipyard is infested with ghosts |
| Delinquency / gangs | Gang ‘rumble’ planned |
| Delinquency / gangs | More Grand Haven gang war – 2 articles |
| Drowning / rescues | 8 persons rescued from drowning at St. Joe this year |
| Ghosts / sighting | GH ghost seen again |
| Engineers / Ludlow | Col. Ludlow ordered to England as military attaché |
| Piers / construction | Hinton in with pier stone |
| Ghosts / sighting | Ghost seen on Fulton street |
| Shipwreck / wreckage | Wreckage comes ashore at beach near park |
| Shipwreck / cargo | 3-4000 ft. of lumber washed up on beach |
| Piers / construction | Hinton carrying pier stone to Manistee |
| Phenomena / waterspouts | Years ago waterspouts were common on the big lake |
| Business / harness makers | Grand Haven harness makers poem |
| (Dewey) hill / height | 30 years ago big sand hill was only 2 feet higher |
| Court house / description | Description of new court house |