When William Kulos shot his wife three times in their Grand Haven apartment at the Dornbos building on Washington Avenue, it set into motion a twisted love tale that would endure seven grueling years.
A German uprising of sorts took place in the fall of 1899, and the Grand Haven Tribune was the first to cover it. No, it didn’t happen overseas — it took place in Grand Haven Township.
Buried in Section 15 of the Grand Haven Township cemetery is one Lena (Fridrich) Habel. Born Lena Hecker in Austria in 1876, she was laid to rest in 1921 next to her parents, Adolph and Dorothea Hecker, and her first husband, Albert Fridrich.
H.B. Jennings was an early pioneer in Ottawa County history and a key merchant in the formation of Ottawa Center, a historic settlement platted in 1855 along the Grand River in the southeast corner of Crockery Township.
Just south of Grand Haven, at the southern Ottawa border, a mysterious group of beings over time have become legendary. They are called the Melon Heads.
In 1914, Spring Lake native and pioneering cartoonist Winsor McCay was celebrating the release of his historic animated film, “Gertie the Dinosaur,” when “Irene” was introduced.
It may be a stretch to say a Spring Lake man invented the American automobile, but historically the issue has been a topic of debate for over 120 years.
The first time the carnival rolled into town to occupy Washington Avenue more than 100 years ago, citizens of the city were concerned about whether the human oddities and shocking exhibitions would taint the wholesome community.
Ottawa County resident Hezekiah G. Smith, a freed slave famous for his green thumb and namesake of Smith's Bayou, once made headlines for his unusual cucumbers.
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