Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park (Limited)
Palisades Park is a summer community of 200 cottages scattered throughout the dunes and along the shore of Lake Michigan, seven miles south of South Haven, Ml. Started in 1905, for the past 100 years Palisades has been a delightful summer home for members—many of whose connections span decades.
In the mid-80s, with an eye toward capturing the early history of the Park as lived and remembered by "old-timers," a committee taped oral interviews with 23 long-term residents. In 2000, those interviews became the starting point of this history.
Since "the place we call Palisades Park" has encompassed a long and interesting story of its own, the book puts our small community into a broader context by including information on the area's geology as well as its Native American and Lumber Era days. Our hope is that following the "footprints" of history, readers can better understand the rich heritage of the Park and—perhaps—gain insights into directions for its second century.
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Book details
- Author
- Katy Beck
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Travel › United States › Midwest › East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) - Topics
- Michigan history · Lake Michigan · summer communities · cottage life · local history · oral history · South Haven Michigan · community history
- ISBN-13
- 9781563119774 (Hardcover)9781681624150 (Paperback)
About the authors
KATY BECK is a co-editor of Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park, a history of a summer cottage community of approximately 200 cottages along Lake Michigan, seven miles south of South Haven, Michigan.
MARILYN HENKEL is a co-editor of Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park, a history of a summer cottage community of approximately 200 cottages along Lake Michigan near South Haven, Michigan.
DON HENKEL is a contributor to Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park, where he authored the chapter "Our Inland Sea – Lake Michigan." Henkel and his family had a cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan at Palisades Park for more than thirty years.
BILL POTTER is a contributor to Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park, a history of a summer cottage community along Lake Michigan, seven miles south of South Haven, Michigan.
MARGE ROCHE is the artist for Footprints: A History of the Place We Call Palisades Park, an illustrated history of a summer cottage community along Lake Michigan near South Haven, Michigan.