Join Grand Rapids this weekend for a special 175th birthday bash with live music, food and history tours exploring the city's ...

“Great Fire of 1881” the marker read, followed by a 90-word summation of one of the deadliest — perhaps the deadliest — fire events in Michigan history. Snyder is a historian who knows a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As Michigan residents across the state ... Women slowly gained the rights to vote in certain elections. In 1881, women gained school suffrage and could vote on ...