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Warren Dunes State Park is a 1,500-acre (610 ha) public recreation area located along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Berrien County, Michigan. [2] The state park 's large sand dunes and lakeshore beaches make it one of the most popular of Michigan's state parks with an average of about one million visitors annually.
Cottage near Lake Michigan in Shorewood Hills, c. 1950. Shorewood–Tower Hills–Harbert is a census-designated place (CDP) composed of several small unincorporated communities in Chikaming Township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,249 at the 2020 census.
Articles containing information about unincorporated communities in Berrien County, Michigan, USA. Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Berrien County, Michigan" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The woods are named for Edward Kirk Warren (1847-1919), the inventor of the featherbone corset (which replaced the whalebone in corsets with turkey feathers and secured his fortune). Starting in 1879, [3] Warren bought 150 acres (0.61 km 2) of the woods and 250 acres (1.0 km 2) of the dunes, setting them aside for preservation. [4]
As one of the Cabinet counties, Berrien County was named for John M. Berrien of Georgia, US Attorney General (1829–1831) under US President Andrew Jackson. [1] The county was founded in 1829, and was organized in 1831, before Michigan was accepted into the Union as a state.
Beverly Hilton Hotel, opened 1953; Beverly Wilshire Hotel, completed 1928; Boyle Hotel – Cummings Block, existing; Century Plaza Hotel, opened 1966; Chateau Marmont, built 1927; Culver Hotel, built 1924; Downtown Standard Hotel, completed 1956, reopened as hotel 2002; Dunbar Hotel, opened 1928 as the Dunbar, now an apartment building
Edward Kirk Warren (April 7, 1847 – January 16, 1919) was an American industrialist and inventor who developed featherbone, a popular alternative to whalebone in corsetry. He is the namesake of Warren Dunes State Park and Warren Woods State Park in Michigan, both of which he developed.
[3] [4] He dragged the lumber and material for construction across the dunes. [5] Lathers, considered a romanticist, envisioned his own island where he could go to for peace and quiet away from the hustle and bustle of the real world. He made his "island" in the sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan at the village of Mears near Hart ...