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Township opened at the end of the heyday of the resort area. Though many of its assets were auctioned off on September 26, 2009, the park continued to operate through the 2014 season. It closed permanently at the end of that season and animals were
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973:"Deer Forest, once popular family attraction in Coloma, goes on the block"
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A History of Little Paw Paw Lake and Deer Forest, Michigan
1107:. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from
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Paw Paw Lake, a hundred year resort history 1890s-1900s
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1024:"25 Acre Parcel at 6800 Indian Lane, Coloma, Michigan"
1183:. Coloma, Michigan: Southwest Michigan Publications.
1164:. Coloma, Michigan: Southwest Michigan Publications.
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Auction of Real Estate and
Children's Amusement Park!
756:"The History of Paw Paw Lake: THE Resort Destination"
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945:Stopczynski, Kelli (September 19, 2014).
863:"Fate uncertain for Coloma's Deer Forest"
861:Russon, Gabrielle (September 26, 2009).
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917:Wrege, Louise (December 27, 2014).
793:: Southwest Michigan Publications.
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1670:Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
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1026:. Rick Levin & Associates, Inc
997:Parker, Rosemary (June 30, 2015).
971:Parker, Rosemary (June 22, 2015).
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783:Rasmussen, Roderick L. (1999).
1181:Paw Paw Lake, Images of a Lake
889:Mumford, Lou (June 14, 2014).
819:Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
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1365:Grand Beach
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1254:County seat
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1678:Footnotes
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1579:Other
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593:White
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188:State
1531:CDPs
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1195:OCLC
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