2015 11 GRHS Grand River Times 37-03

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Volume 37, number 3

November 2015

Grand River Times The Newsletter of the Grand Rapids Historical Society Inside this issue: Cover Story: November program Letter from our President, page 2 2016 Schedule

How the Pere Marquette Railway Impacted Grand Rapids PRESENTED BY: Tom Buettner

page 4 Happening in History,

Thursday, November 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

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Tom grew up surrounded with railroads in Chicago. Therefore, his interest in trains should come as no surprise. One of his first contacts that Photo Sleuth, he had with the Pere Marquette (C&O) was when page 7 he took the train to the Interlochen Music Camp on a high school music scholarship. Later, a job move to Wisconsin enabled Tom to watch the railroad ferries from the C&O operate in Milwaukee, Manitowoc, and Search: Grand Rapids Historical Society Kewanee. When Tom and ________________________________ his family moved to Grand Rapids in 1985, his interest in Next program: Michigan railroads in general, and the Pere Marquette After the November program, the Railway in particular, was Grand Rapids Historical Society’s renewed. He became active next program will be on January 14, in several West Michigan 2016 at the Donnelly Center at Aquinas College. The speaker will be railroad clubs. The Pere Rachel Lee. Ms. Lee will be speaking Marquette Railroad was created from the merger of about East Hills: Past, Present and three railroad systems in January 1, 1900. Future. Continued on page 3 Grand River Times

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