Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties by Jay De Vries, Norma Lewis

Dutch Heritage in Kent and Ottawa Counties

Images of America: Michigan

Jay De Vries, Norma Lewis

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On February 9, 1847, Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte chose a site on Michigan's Black River and founded what became Holland. Motivated in part by a potato famine and crop failures, the settlers also sought religious freedom. Other countrymen followed,...

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