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Location: Jenison Park, Macatawa, MI
Jenison Park was located on the Grand Rapids, Holland & Lake Michigan interurban line just east of Macatawa in Ottawa County. It was on the south shore of Lake Macatawa (Black Lake) west of Holland.
Photo info: A postcard view of Olympia Pavilion at Jenison Park.
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From Marc Boudreau... It was an amusement park built on property once owned by then deceased twins Lucius and Luman Jenison (of Jenison, MI), and located on the Grand Rapids Holland & Lake Michigan Interurban line just east of Macatawa. It was on the south shore of Lake Macatawa (Black Lake) west of Holland MI.
The Jenison twins had built a resort here that burned. They did not rebuild before both passing away. They left their entire estate to their bookkeeper and her daughter who married the twins nephew.
Here's an interesting article about Jenison Electric Park from the Holland Sentinel: Click Here.
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Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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