Grand Rapids Civic Theatre has a long history in Grand Rapids, and its actors trod the boards in...
Podcasts de Glance at the Past
Plank roads evoke the mystique of days gone by, but those old wooden planks held little charm for...
Fred Meijer (December 7, 1919 - November 25, 2011) was an innovative businessman willing to take...
In August of 1924, four new Fageol Safety Coaches premium passenger buses were added to the Grand...
Bitter winter cold bedeviled Grand Rapids water workers, at great expense to customers.
By 1900, high school football was firmly entrenched as a Grand Rapids Thanksgiving tradition.
In 1931, Grand Rapids opened a tourist camp at North Park with Grand River frontage.
Grand Rapids was one of the first cities of its size to embrace the idea of parking -in the air!...
In 1866, young Conrad Swensberg opened the Grand Rapids Business College & Telegraphic Institute,...
Grand Rapids' first post office was established in 1832 along the banks of the Grand River at...
The 40 acre development south of Hall St. and between Jefferson and Madison Avenues became a...
Remembering the bygone days of a favorite community landmark: the corner drug store.
In 1916, Harry H. Gardner "The Human Fly" caused a stir in Grand Rapids with his death-defying...
Wildcat bankers and failed banks made for shaky finances for 19th century Grand Rapids citizens.
Grand Rapids artist Gert VanHouten became a well known WWI cartoonist publishing under the byline...
Before the movies, many Grand Rapids residents got their entertainment at the vaudeville theatre...
A 1907 postcard series published in Grand Rapids, MI by the Reed Tandler Company featured Harry...
Grand Rapids first Catholic school opened in 1853, educating area students for 137 years.
Michigan followed Maine's idea for prohibition in 1853, but, it was found impossible to do...