Barry
Barryville
Barryville, MI
This village was settled in the mid-nineteenth century, and in 1857 a post office was opened.
Bowen's Mills
Yankee Springs Township, MI
Settlement began here in the mid-1830s, and in 1850 a post office known as Gun Lake was established.
Carlton Township Hall
Freeport, MI
Receiving its name from Carlton Township in western New York, this area was settled in 1836 by Samuel Wickham and George Fuller.
Central School
Hastings, MI
This is the third “modern” school built on this site since 1852.
Early Hastings
Hastings, MI
Barry County, organized in 1839, was named after U.S. Postmaster General William Barry.
Emory Parady
Nashville, MI
Emory Parady was born in New York in 1844.
Governor Kim Sigler
Hastings, MI
Kim Sigler (1894-1953), a native of Schuyler, Nebraska, received his law degree from the University of Detroit in 1918.
Hastings Mutual Insurance Company
Hastings, MI
On April 5, 1885, the Michigan Mutual Tornado, Cyclone, and Windstorm Insurance Company became the first mutual windstorm company...
Indian Landing-Charlton Park
Hastings, MI
In the early nineteenth century the Thornapple band of Ottawa Indians established a village a short distance from Thornapple Lake.
John Carveth House
Middleville, MI
In 1867 Ionia County native John Carveth (1841-1910) settled in Middleville to read law.
Mc Keown Road Bridge
Hastings, MI
This steel Pratt through truss bridge was erected for Hastings Township in 1903.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hastings, MI
The first Methodist Episcopal Society, the oldest congregation in Hastings, erected this Greek Revival structure in 1860.
Nashville Volunteer Fire Department
Nashville, MI
Orno Strong, the editor and publisher of the Nashville News, called for better fire prevention in Nashville by highlighting fire...
Parmelee United Methodist Church
Middleville, MI
In 1878 twelve persons organized the Parmelee Methodist Church.
Putnam Public Library
Nashville, MI
Built in 1884-85, this red-bricked Italianate structure was the home of Charles W. and Agnes Putnam.
Railroad Depot
Hastings, MI
Hastings was first linked with Jackson and Grand Rapids by the Grand River Valley Railroad in 1870.
Scales's Prairie
Thornapple Township, MI
In 1834 Louis Moran, member of a French family prominent in Detroit since the mid-1700s, purchased land here and opened a log tavern and...
Thomas's Mills
Gull Lake, MI
In 1850 George Thomas operated a sawmill here, and in the next decade, as settlers began to arrive, he built a gristmill.
Woodland Town Hall
Woodland Township, MI
The area now known as Woodland Township was first settled in 1837 by Charles Galloway and Jonathan and Samuel Haight.
Yankee Springs Inn
Yankee Springs Township, MI
Near here once stood one of the most famous inns west of Detroit.