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food. S.L. Gitchel first settled on the SW corner of Sec.1 in 1845 and finally on Sec.33. He became a specialist in making small bridges and corduroy roads. Monsur Brown, parents of Mrs. Gitchel, followed in 1846 settling in the SE corner of Sec. 11 with a son James M. Brown who was married three years later. He also settled in Sec.11. More families followed from the east but some
Hollanders were entering from the west. Later Germans entered from the south.
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was pornographic. Community members also sent the library director angry messages on
Facebook, attempted to film her without her permission, and accused her of not being of Christian faith; as a result of this treatment, the library director resigned. A second director and two staff members have also
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quit during the year due to harassment. The library board stood firm saying they would not participate in banning books. Due to the books not being banned the activist group, Jamestown
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1255:General law
1220:Grand Haven
1190:Spring Lake
1155:Hudsonville
1144:Grand Haven
1116:Grand Haven
1109:County seat
607:January 31,
498:other races
413:Maia Kobabe
326:Communities
103: /
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1393:West Olive
1215:Georgetown
1139:Ferrysburg
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739:August 10,
650:August 10,
587:References
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394:See also:
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348:Grandville
316:U.S. state
291:.jamestown
274:feature ID
190:Population
91:85°50′24″W
88:42°49′12″N
1402:Footnotes
1328:Beechwood
1323:Allendale
1257:townships
1240:Tallmadge
1230:Jamestown
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1202:townships
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779:August 4,
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569:Education
463:Geography
450:$ 245,000
262:FIPS code
250:Area code
226:Time zone
182:Elevation
1295:Robinson
1275:Crockery
887:NBC News
847:CBS News
830:Newsweek
668:, p. 224
564:Mud Lake
502:Hispanic
492:, 0.53%
488:, 0.14%
484:, 0.45%
442:$ 50,000
424:Spinning
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320:Michigan
266:26-41520
238:ZIP code
132:Michigan
1373:Drenthe
1368:Conklin
1333:Jenison
1270:Chester
1265:Blendon
1245:Zeeland
1235:Polkton
1225:Holland
1200:Charter
1182:Village
1160:Zeeland
1149:Holland
957:WOOD-TV
520:males.
457:millage
352:Holland
342:History
314:in the
282:Website
277:1626537
117:Country
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1338:Lamont
1305:Wright
1126:Cities
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506:Latino
144:Ottawa
139:County
1388:Marne
1363:Agnew
1353:Other
1280:Olive
1012:(PDF)
559:Lakes
494:Asian
482:White
306:is a
216:Metro
201:9,630
127:State
1315:CDPs
1285:Park
1023:2022
910:2022
854:2022
814:2022
803:ISSN
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609:2008
403:LGBT
289:.twp
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