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Grand Traverse

Part of an area originally known as Omeena was organized as Grand Traverse County by Public Act 141 of 1851, with Boardman’s Mills designated as the county seat. Today the County is home to the world-famous Interlochen Center of the Arts, and the area is considered the Cherry Capital of the World.

Selected general works

The Class of 1918.
50th Class Reunion, Traverse City High School, class 1918. 1968.
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Committee of twenty-one.
Grand Traverse region. 1914.
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Johnson, Heidi.
Angels in the architecture: a photographic elegy to an American asylum. 2001.
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Old Mission Congregational Church (Grand Traverse County, Mich.) Ladies’ Aid Society
The Old Mission cook book. 1922.
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Potter, Elizabeth Vaughan
The story of Old Mission. 1956.
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Selected newspapers

Fife Lake.
The Fife Lake booster. 1913-1914.
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Traverse City.
The daily eagle. 1903-1907.
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Traverse City.
The evening record. 1901-1910.
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Traverse City.
Honest opinion. 1919.
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Traverse City.
Preview community weekly. 1988-1997.
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Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Castle, Amelia B.
Index to 1881 Grand Traverse County plat book. 1995.
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Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Standard atlas of Grand Travers County, Michigan: including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county… patrons directory, reference business directory. 1908.
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Hayes, E. L.
Atlas of Grand Traverse county, Michigan. 1881.
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Michigan. State Highway Department.
Right of way maps: Grand Traverse County. 1951.
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Rockford Map Publishers.
Farm plat book, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. 1957.
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Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society.
Grand Traverse County rural cemeteries. 2008.
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Grand Traverse County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Yearbook. 1961/62.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N HQ1905.M5 G72 1961/62

Long Lake Friends Meeting (Traverse City, Mich.).
Directory of Long Lake Friends Meeting and Pleasant Grove Friends Meeting. 1988.
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Thiel, J. Homer.
The Grand Traverse County, Michigan, jail book, 1870-1906. 1997.
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Travis, Alma L.
Inscriptions, abandoned cemetery and farm burials. 1974.
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Selected government publications

Michigan. Department of Commerce. Office of Economic Expansion.
Grand Traverse County, Michigan, as a location for photosynthesis energy factory demonstration project. 1977.
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Michigan. Department of Conservation. Parks Division.
Traverse City State Park. 1930.
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Michigan. Department of Natural Resources
A Report on the Williamsburg gas eruptions. 1973.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL TN872.M5 R37 1973

United States. Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service.
Red tart cherry site inventory for Grand Traverse County, Michigan. 1971.
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United States. Soil Conservation Service.
An appraisal of potential outdoor recreational developments in Grand Traverse. 1969.
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Updated 11/23/2022