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The lease ended in 1908, and in 1914-16 the city redeveloped the park with a series of improvements, many donated by the Federation of Women's Clubs of Petoskey and other private individuals. These improvements included a fish pond, concrete paths, and benches. Also included was the 1915 park pavilion designed by local architect C. H. Hansen.
The Hosman and Wheeler Meat Market is a small commercial structure located at 621 Ingalls Avenue in Petoskey, Michigan. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] The Hosman and Wheeler Meat Market is a single-story frame Italianate gable roof commercial structure. The facade has a false front topped with a simple ...
By the 1860s, more European residents moved into Petoskey, and pioneer Hazen Ingalls constructed a dock for shipping and built the first store in what is now downtown Petoskey. In 1874, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad began service to Petoskey, and the area soon grew immensely. The area already had three hotels by 1875.
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The large southern portion of the park property was purchased by the State in 1962, although no park development occurred for another several years. [8] The State of Michigan purchased the beach from the City of Petoskey for $150,000 in 1968, took title in 1969, and the first 90 sites in the park's campground opened in June 1970. [3] [9]
One of the top summer resort towns in the northern Michigan area, known as the "Tip of the Mitt," was Petoskey. The small city of 5,000 people was located on the eastern and southern shoreline of Little Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. It was the first northern Lake Michigan town to draw a summer clientele of Midwestern city dwellers beginning in 1875.
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Petoskey (/ p ə ˈ t ɒ s k i / pə-TOSS-kee) is the largest city and the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, and is the largest settlement within the county. [5] Petoskey has a population of 5,877 at the 2020 census , up from 5,670 at the 2010 census.