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William Montague Ferry Jr. — Michigan and Utah Politician; Betty Ford — 37th First Lady of the United States [18] Gerald R. Ford — 38th President of the United States [18] Wilder D. Foster — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] George Heartwell — Mayor of Grand Rapids [16] [19] Paul B. Henry — U.S. Congressman [20]
Pages in category "People from Grand Rapids, Michigan" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stanley Ketchel (Stanilas Kiecal, aka "The Michigan Assassin"), middleweight champion (born in Grand Rapids) George "Kid" Lavigne , world lightweight champion of 1890s (born in Bay City ) Joe Louis , world heavyweight champion for 12 years, considered by some the best boxer of all time (born in LaFayette, Alabama ; moved to Detroit )
After the French established territories in Michigan, Jesuit missionaries and traders traveled down Lake Michigan and its tributaries. [7]In 1806, white trader Joseph La Framboise and his Métis wife, Madeline La Framboise, traveled by canoe from Mackinac Island and established the first trading post in West Michigan in present-day Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River, near what is now ...
MLive Media Group, originally known as Booth Newspapers, or Booth Michigan, is a media group that produces newspapers in the state of Michigan. Founded by George Gough Booth with his two brothers, Booth Newspapers was sold to Advance Publications , a Samuel I. Newhouse property, in 1976.
He attended Grand Rapids Central High School. [2] In his junior and senior seasons, he was an all-city pitcher for the baseball team, compiling records of 11-3 and 11-5. [ 3 ] He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 22nd round of the 1974 June amateur draft, [ 2 ] but he did not sign with the Giants, instead enrolling at Grand Rapids ...
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1969 Motor State 500 – Cale Yarborough was the winner of the race, part of the NASCAR Grand National Series, held on June 15 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Yankee 600 – David Pearson was the winner of the race, also part of the NASCAR Grand National Series, held on August 17 at the Michigan International Speedway.