Summary: Tells the life story of Earl Young, realtor, developer, and builder in Charlevoix, Michigan, who from the 1920's to the 1970's created the remarkable legacy of unusual homes and buildings, utilizing native stones and boulders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix Historical Society 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 EARSummary: Beginning in 1921, a self-taught home designer named Earl A. Young brought to life whimsical creations using the massive glacial boulders he found around his hometown of Charlevoix, Michigan. During the next fifty years, he produced over thirty iconic manifestations. Though his work evolved to a modern style, Young never lost touch with the beauty of his natural surroundings. The results are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bon Ami Filmworks 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 WIZBarton, Mike.
Summary: Photographer Mike Barton created Charlevoix in a nutshell, with over 190 full-color photographs. From colorful Bridge Street to the legendary Earl Young stone houses to the spectacular sunsets over Lake Michigan, everyone will find this little book a joy to read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boulder Press 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 BARContents: Plat book, [1930?] -- Farm plat book, [1956] -- Farm plat book with index to owners, [1963], [1967] -- Triennial plat book, [1970] -- Atlas & plat book, 1973, 1976 -- Land atlas & plat book, 1979 -- Land atlas and plat book, 1982 -- Land atlas & plat book, 1996, 1998 -- Land atlas & plat book, 2003.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Hixson 1930
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4 available in Genealogy Atlas Stand, Call number: R-GEN 912 PLAT CHA 2017Call number: R-GEN 912 PLAT CHA-2003
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Miles, David L.
Summary: The complete story of Earl A. Young, one of Charleviox's most recognized figures of the 20th century. The legacy of the renowned builder in stone grows every year along with appreciation for his visionary boulder homes and structures, which have been visited from people from around the globe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix Historical Society Press 0000
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: 977.486 MILSheppard, Glen
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Momentum Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 917.7486 SHE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 917.7486 SHE
Neumann, Glenn.
Contents: Issues of: 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Elk Rapids Historical Society 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 NEU1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 NEU
Woodward, Bill.
Summary: History of lumbermen and lumbering operations during the 1800s, and on Civilian Conservation Corps activities from 1933 to 1942, in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Woodward & Woodward Publishing 0000
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History WoodwardCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4 WOOByron, M. Christine
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.486 BYRNeumann, Glenn
Contents: Issues of: 1883, 1884 and 1885
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Elk Rapids Historical Society 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.46 NEUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 BAYNeumann, Glenn
Contents: Issues of: 1880, 1881 and 1882
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Elk Rapids Historical Society 1997
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.464 NEUNeumann, Glenn.
Contents: Issues of 1870
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Elk Rapids Historical Society 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.46 NEUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.464 NEUSummary: Original research and interviews of local people familiar with the the life styles of this popular summer resort that peaked between the twenties and forties. Originally large wooden hotels build by the railroads attracted wealthy mid-west families that spend the whole summers playing golf and tennis, sailing and partying. The history of the private associations, the gambling casinos are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jet'iquette 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 SUM1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.486 GIL
Summary: Fountain City House Hotel, est. 1867, Sylvia (191') home port Charlevoix 1930-1941, Charlevoix Public Library opened in 2006.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix Historical Society 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 CHAMiles, David L.
Summary: This 142-pp. compact history, utilizing just over 200 black and white images, gives an overview of what makes Charlevoix so unique not only regarding its local and regional history, but also how it made a significant impact on Michigan, the Midwest, and the nation.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix Historical Society Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 MILLindley, Michael.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sage River Press 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P LINBabst, Earl D.
Summary: This history of Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Michigan, begins with a history of early exploration and missionaries to Northern Michigan. The rest of the volume includes information on Charlevoix as a resort town, specifically of the Chicago Club (Chicago Summer Resort Association), a retreat on forty acres near Charlevoix at the foot of Pine Lake purchased by business men of Chicago for the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Babst 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.486 BABMiles, Robert C.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 MIL1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.486 MIL
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 MILThe Belvedere Club
Summary: History of the summer resort The Belvedere Club of Charlevoix, Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlevoix 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 977.486 BELSummary: Brief studies on the nature and characteristics of the Jordan River Watershed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Friends of Jordan River Watershed 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.486 Jor1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.486 Jor