NCMHC Newsletter JanFebMar 2016

Quarterly Issue
Jan/Feb/Mar 2016
Newaygo County History
Newsletter of the Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center
Ensley Owned 500 Acre Empire
by Margaret Hosteler
From the July 1, 1976 Fremont Times Indicator-Bicentennial Special
In pre-Civil War days, Newaygo County was almost entirely an area of rugged lumber
camps and primitive farm settlements--almost but not entirely--because on one edge
of the county, next to the Montcalm County line, there existed a 500 acre empire of
palatial buildings and prosperous agricultural holdings that was a Western Michigan
showplace.
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Builder of this empire was Benjamin Ensley (namesake of Ensley Township) who
moved from Detroit in 1854 and purchased 500 acres of land. He started as a farmer
with orchards and a nursery for shade trees, but a few years later luck dealt him the
perfect setup for enlarging his fortunes. The state built a road between Grand Rapids
and Big Rapids that passed through his property and was the main thoroughfare for
stagecoach traffic between the two cities.
Taking advantage of the potential gold mine involved in this traffic, Ensley built a
large hotel followed by a general store and a combination saloon and dance hall. The
buildings were architecturally breathtaking with gabled roofs and Gothic windows all
decorated with fancy scrollwork and gingerbread.
The Ensley complex soon became the favorite stopping place for as many as 50 teams
a night and the money began to roll in. With his fortune, Ensley built a palatial residence, several huge barns, reputed to be among the best in the state, a one-of-a-kind
ornately decorated windmill tower, a smoke house, and a gable-roofed brick outhouse.
The entire estate was enclosed by two and a half miles of white wooden fence.
Ensley lived like a king in his wilderness empire until the late 1800’s when the area’s
economy began to change. Lumbering died down and the railroad reached northward
leaving the Ensley place with fewer and fewer customers. When he died in 1889, his
fortune was gone and all that remained was the property and the magnificent buildings.
Since then the property has passed through
many hands. The homestead site at the corner
of 104th and Newcosta is now owned by Harry
Hackbardt. Most of the buildings are gone
now, claimed by fire or deterioration. The
windmill was saved in 1969, when Harley
Stroven of Fremont transported it to his place to
become part of his Windmill Garden Village.
He is just now completing the final restoration
work on it.
Still remaining on the Ensley property are the
smoke house and the outhouse—old and battered relics of the past splendor. The Hackbardts have converted the smoke house into a
garage but intend to restore the outhouse for its
historical value.
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Newaygo County History
Jan/Feb/Mar 2016
Looking Backward to 1931
An account of the lumbering days as told by Sidney Painter, who resided at Fremont Lake in 1931. (From a 1971
Times-Indicator article provided by Bonnie Painter.)
Sidney Painter has many interesting recollections of the
county’s picturesque past of 60 years ago (about 1870)
when pine trees as large as 21 ft. in circumference were
felled. Mr. Painter was employed in several of the camps
that operated in the northern part of Newaygo County as
early as 1877.
Mr. Painter began his work in the woods when he was
14 years old and was first employed by John W. Gowell at
Huber. Mr. Gowell employed about 60 men and put his
logs into the Pere Marquette River and floated them down
to Ludington. Mr. Painter worked at that camp one summer. He spent 2 years in the camp of Benjamin Candee,
who was later treasurer of Newaygo County. Candee employed about 40 men and also put his logs in the Pere Marquette River.
Painter worked for 2 years for a Frenchman, by the
name of Blighte, north of Bitely and for 3 years for Stephen Bitely, for whom the town of Bitely was named.
Bitely employed about 100 men and operated two mills
and a wood crew.
Painter put in 2 years with the Muskegon Company
which shipped its logs to Muskegon by way of Fremont.
Painter completed his work as a lumberjack at the West
Michigan Lumber Company in the vicinity of Woodville.
He said that operations in the Bitely vicinity ceased about
1899.
Accidents were few in lumber camps but most of the
lumbermen had tickets for Mercy Hospital in Big Rapids,
according to Mr. Painter. The tickets were paid in advance
and allowed the loggers to remain in the hospital until fully
recovered. He broke his leg at the Candee camp when a
log rolled over him in loading operations. He was laid up
about six weeks. Painter never saw a man killed in the
woods although such accidents were reported at various
times.
He spent most of his time in the woods as a loader. The
crew had to load 20 flat cars each day.
This operation was often completed by 2:00 in the afternoon and no later than 4:00. Four thousand logs were
loaded on each car.
The trees cut by the lumber company averaged about 70
ft. in good logs. Painter said that the top of the trees where
branches were thick were not used. He asserted that the
largest tree cut in Newaygo County was 21 ft. in circumference and grew north of Woodville. White pine was cut
into 12, 14, 16 and 18 foot lengths. Norway pine logs
were usually cut into 24 foot lengths.
Good meals were served in the camps. The staple
foods were beef and pork, lots of corned beef which was
put up in barrels, homemade bread, potatoes and beans.
There was always a jug of corn syrup on the table. At
Blighte’s Camp, about 60% of the crew were Frenchmen
which resulted in unusually good meals. Other camps had
many Swedes and French-Canadians.
Clothing was obtained at the company supply or from
salesmen from nearby towns.
Painter came to Newaygo County from Berrien County
in March, 1870 with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
John Painter. The grass was green when the family left the
southern county but as they traveled northward on the
train, the snow began to appear and by the time the group
reached Newaygo, there was 3 foot of snow on the ground.
The trip from Grand Rapids to Newaygo was made by
stage but the remainder of the journey to Volney was completed by horses and sleighs. Painter’s father was offered
an 80 acre tract for $80.00. He refused the offer and purchased some cleared hardwood. Painter was born in Berrien County and came to Fremont 42 years ago and has
made his living as a carpenter.
The United States Census of 1870 records the Painter family six months after the their arrival to Beaver Township.
United States Census, Michigan, Newaygo County, Beaver Township September 16, 1870
Occupant
Age
Occupation
Value of Real Estate
Value of Personal Estate
$200
$100
Place of Birth
Painter, John
50
farmer
Pennsylvania
Painter, Charlotte
46
housekeeper
Ohio
Painter, Sarah
22
domestic
Ohio
Painter, Sidney
7
Michigan
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Quarterly Issue
Newaygo County History
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Civil War Veteran Becomes Lumberman
Stephen Bitely, lumberman,
section 24, Ensley Township, was born April 6, 1833
in Washington Co., N.Y.,
and is the son of Jacob and
Mandana (Hitchcock) Bitely.
The father was a native of
Washington Co., N.Y. and
the mother was born in Vermont.
Mr.. Bitely grew to manhood in his native State and
on attaining his majority he
came to Michigan and settled in PawPaw, Van Buren
County, working there one
winter; he next went to Lawton, and remained seven
years. He returned to PawPaw in 1859 and enlisted early in
the course of the war, his enrollment taking place in November, 1851. He became a member of Co. H, 12th Rg.
Mich. Vol. Inf., and was in the service over four years participating in the noted battles of Shilow and Middleburg,
Tenn.
After the war closed he went to Arkansas, where he was
occupied one year in lumbering. He came back to Lawton
and a year later settled in Allegan County, where he was
engaged in the same calling nearly three years. In February,
1872, he came to Newaygo County and established his citizenship in Ensley Township. Here he commenced his oper-
ations in real estate, which have been extensive and unintermitting.
In 1874, he made his initiatory investment and purchased 40 acres of land in section 35. Two years afterward
he bought 120 acres on the same section, followed in 1878
by the purchase of 178 acres on section 34. In 1880 he
bought 20 acres on section 15, 50 acres on section 24 and
80 acres on section 13. His purchases in 1881 included 120
acres on section 11, and the following year he bought 160
acres additional on section 11. These comprised his proprietary acreage in Ensley Township
In 1882 he bought 240 acres on section 22, 440 acres on
section 27 in Monroe Township, and in the same year he
purchased 160 acres on section 28 Troy Township. In 1883
he bought 40 acres on section 22, Monroe Township.
The tracts of land in Ensley Township were all in timber, which has been chiefly converted into lumber and
shingles. He built a shingle-mill on section 27 in 1872,
which he conducted seven years and removed it to its present site on section 15. Its capacity is 40,000 shingles daily,
and his corps of assistants included 13 men.
In 1879 he built a lumber and shingle mill on section 24,
with a producing capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber daily
and requiring a force of 26 men. His lumber resources on
his own tracts of land will be available for some time to
come.
-Excerpt from the “Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo
County” 1884, Published by Chapman Bros. Chicago, IL
Local News
—On Tuesday, the house of John
Hall, about two mile south of Croton,
was burned to the ground. Most of his
furniture was lost, and quite a quantity of grain which was kept in the
house. The children of the house
were boiling some pine pitch on the
stove, for gum which took fire and
conveyed it to the building. Mr. Hall
was absent from home at the time of
the fire.
- Newaygo Tribune, April 13, 1877
What new thing in deadly weapons will
reach us next? A revolver has been invented which carries 12 cartridges in its
handle, all of which can be fired in regular order by the movement of the trigger.
- Hesperia Union, September 25, 1896
---One of the happiest and most independent of all human occupation is that
of an intelligent farmer whose land is
paid for, and who keeps out of debt.
-Newaygo Tribute, September 24, 1875
In the very early days of the history of
Grand Rapids, Croton, too, was in its
infancy as a town. An elderly Croton
gentleman, upon hearing of the effort
being put forth to establish a town on the
Grand River, made this sage remark.
“Grand Rapids will never amount to anything. It’s too far from Croton.”
- Pioneer Parade, a History of Ensley
Township, 1978
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Newaygo County History
Jan/Feb/Mar 2016
50th ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF NEWAYGO COUNTY NORMAL CLASS OF 1906
From the June 28, 1956 issue of White Cloud Eagle
Nine Members of 1906 Graduation Class of Newaygo
County Normal Have Reunion
On Friday afternoon, June 23, 1956, nine of the members
of the first graduating class of the Newaygo County Normal
(June 13, 1906) met at the home of Miss Nora E. Mast in
White Cloud to celebrate their Fiftieth Year after graduation.
The Newaygo County Normal was organized early in
1905. This was done to give prospective teachers an opportunity to secure further training for their future work. The
Normal was located in Fremont as Fremont had offered to
provide a suitable class room.
In September of that year, 13 students enrolled for a year’s
training in the new venture. The following girls were enrolled: Bessie Kuypers, Harriet Sage, Minnie Seymour,
Kathrine Stroven, Clara Taylor, Adeline Hoose, Helen Stuart,
Fausta Starn and Addie Coil of Fremont, May Joslin and Vera
Tyler of Newaygo and Nora Mast of White Cloud.
The late Miss Carrie L. Carter was our instructor. She
held this position during the County Normal’s duration. Miss
Isabel M. Becker was Commissioner of Schools at this time.
We shall always love and cherish the many kindly deeds
done for us by these two lovely characters.
At 1 p.m. the “girls” began to arrive for our afternoon of
visiting. Each one had to do some guessing as there were
several who hadn’t met in all the years since gradation, while
others we knew quite intimately.
All were present except Helen Stuart Johnson of Seattle,
Addie Coil Fox of Chicago and Clara Taylor whose address
we were unable to find.
We just nicely got through with the greetings, the “aha”
and the “ohs” when along came the photographer. So now we
have pictures of the young girls, and one of the old “girls”,
too.
After this excitement, it was a few minutes before we were
able to settle down and really get to our reminiscing.
So much to tell! Some happy, some sad, and too much to
even attempt to tell it all.
Each one taught school for a period of time and then
changed their occupation.
Mrs. May Joslin Brower taught for 38 years besides being
married and raising a son.
Miss Kathrine Stroven taught for six years and then served
as a deconess in the Methodist Church for 31 years.
Miss Nora Mast taught for 43 years.
Mrs. Adeline Hoose Robertson has led a busy life raising
three children and looking after the interests of a MSU professor husband.
Mrs. Minnie Seymour Hoyt’s husband passed away and
left her with a family of six little children to raise.
Mrs. Vera Tyler Teskey has one daughter and is still employed as a secretary. She drove from Detroit to be present at
this gathering.
I have mentioned only a few, but each one made interesting additions to the afternoon’s entertainment. Letters to the
group were received and read from Helen and Addie.
We enjoyed a tasty lunch later in the afternoon.
If the good Lord wills it, we will meet again next year with
Mrs. Harriet Sage Vickstrom as acting chairman.
Such a wonderful afternoon! All good things must come
to an end. We all left for our homes feeling in our hearts that
we had spent a very enjoyable afternoon.
First graduating class of the Newaygo County Normal, Fremont
Standing, left to right: Bessie Kuypers, Nora E. Mast, Harriet
Sage, Katherine Stroven, May Joslin; seated, middle row, Helen
Stuart, Adeline Hoose, Carrie L. Carter (instructor), Addie Coil,
Vera Tyler; first row, Clara Taylor, Minnie Seymour, Fausta Starn.
Nine of twelve graduates celebrate 50th Anniversary Reunion.
Standing, left to right, Miss Nora E. Mast, White Cloud, Mrs. May
Joslin Brower, Newaygo, Mrs. Harriet Sage Vickstrom, Fremont,
Mrs. Adeline Hoose Robertson, E. Lansing, Mrs. Vera Tyler Teskey, St. Clair Shores; seated, left to right, Mrs. Minnie Seymour
Hoyt, Fremont, Mrs. Fausta Starn O’Neil, Fremont, Miss Katherine
Stroven, Fremont, Miss Bessie Kuypers, Muskegon Hts.
Quarterly Issue
W. S. BIRD
The Up-to-Date Grocery Man of
Newaygo County History
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Anishanaabe Ways and Wisdom
White Cloud
The Sugar Moon
Since locating in his large and commodious new store room, W. S. Bird, the
leading exclusive grocer is prepared to
fill the desire of the most fastidious
housewives with every want in the grocery line. And his fresh and well selected line fully conforms with all the requirement of the pure food laws of the
state. The stock comprises an excellent
line of both staple and fancy groceries,
canned goods, the best teas and coffees,
including the famous Gold Band and
other famous blends, pure aromatic spices, condiments and choice table delicacies, Post Toasties, cheese and crackers,
dried and fresh fruits, cigars, tobacco and
smoker's articles, all kinds of counter
goods and he pays the highest price for
butter and eggs.
The Ziisibaakadake giizis (sugar
moon) corresponding to March/
April, may have been the happiest
of all seasons for the Anishanaabe,
for with it came the promise that the
starving time was over.
After being separated for the winter
hunts, family groups would come
together once again to gather the
sap of the maples. It was a time of
giving thanks to the Creator with
traditional ceremonies and celebrations. Families were happy to be
reunited as a community after
spending the winter hunting time
apart.
Returning to the same site year after
year, fresh rolls of wiigwaas (birch
bark) were carried in to cover the
wigwam frame which remained from the previous year. Sugaring tools used
from year to year were stored in a smaller storage lodge. A food cache was always kept near the sugar camp which held an assortment of dried berries, rice,
corn, or mushrooms from the fall harvest. The cache would be uncovered and
the contents enjoyed with fish from nearby lakes or streams.
Maple sugar was a staple seasoning for the woodland tribes and was used to
flavor breads, meats, berries, teas, stews, and vegetables. Depending upon the
number of families involved, this could be a rather large scale effort, for they
were working to provide a year’s supply of sugar for each family that was helping to gather and cook down the sap.
Negwakwun (spiles) were carved from sumac or elm. The pith would be removed and they would be inserted into a gash in the tree at a slight downward
angle, so the sap flowed into a birch bark container or hollowed out log. The
syrup was collected and poured into large birch bark pails, hide vats, or later,
iron kettles, and hung over the fire.
They took turns tending the boiling kettles and keeping the fire going. After the
sap thickened, it was strained to remove
impurities and placed back over the fire
to thicken further. Next, it was poured
into a wooden trough and a small paddle
was used to stir and work it into sugar.
While it was still warm, most of the sugar was put into birch bark containers.
Some was packed into birch bark cones
or molds carved in wood.
The maple sugar gathering usually lasted
from two to four weeks, until the sap
was too thin and bitter to make sugar.
Many Anishinaabe still gather sap to
make maple sugar today.
White Cloud Eagle, July 20, 1916
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Newaygo County History
Jan/Feb/Mar 2016
New York Genealogy Research Strategies
Toni Rumsey, NCMHC Researcher/Archivist
Westward travel from New York, through Pennsylvania and
Ohio, requires access to records from these three states.
Below are tips from the Family Tree University website.
Early History and Migration
 Early 1600’s settled lands of NY were called The Netherlands.
 Early influx of Belgium Walloons, Dutch, German, enslaved Africans, Scandinavians, and French Huguenots.
Followed by Jews from Brazil, English Puritans and the
Quakers.
 1663 English control - area renamed New York.
 Early 1700’s Palatine Germans began to arrive. New England Yankees migrated to the Hudson Valley.
 The north and west area of present day New York were
not yet included in the colony’s border.
 1780’s Loyalist and Native allies leave New York City and
NY state and push westward
 1820 The Steerage Act brought the documentation of
passenger lists
 1825 The Erie Canal was completed in 1825, assisting
migration to the Midwest.
 1840’s Political and famine refugees arrive; the Irish,
German and German Jews.
 1855 Castle-Garden in NYC opens as the first immigration processing depot.
 1880’s Eastern European, Russian Jewish, and Italian emi
grate.
 1892 Ellis Island in New York Harbor opens.
 In 1911, the State Capitol, holding the state library,
burned. Inside the library, the Dutch provincial records
were stored on the lowest shelves with the English colonial and 19th century records stored on shelves above.
These upper shelves collapsed during the fire, onto the
Dutch records, thus Dutch records sustained very little
damage.
 Ellis Island closed in 1924.
Record Groups
Church
 For Colonial and 19th Century Vital Records: Baptisms,
Marriages, Burials
 Church membership lists, Dutch Reformed consistory
records, Presbyterian session minutes
 Sites: At the church; New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections Division in Albany; Local
libraries, historical and genealogical societies and county
archives
Church Transcriptions/Abstracts/Indexes:
 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record now
on FindMyPast.com
 Kinship Publishing by Arthur C.M. Kelly kinshipny.com
Tree Talks, Central New York Genealogical Society
rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycnygs/index-master.htm
 Hazard’s NY Quaker Index (James E. Hazard)
swathmore.edu/Library/friends/hazard
Church, Bible and Cemetery Records:
 Daughters of the American Revolution DAR.org for allstate index. The DAR records for New York are found
at the NY State Library in Albany, the NY Public Library
in NYC, and the DAR Library in Washington, DC
Land
 Colonial Land Records: New Netherland Research Center, Albany nysl.nysed.gov/newnetherland
 Land patents and manorial grants from colonial English
government at NY State Archives archives.nysed.gov
Deeds and Mortgages at County Clerk’s Office
 Counties formed 1683 (be aware that county boundaries moved often while developing into today’s version)
 Most New York county deeds and mortgages are digitized under “New York Land Records, 1630-1975” at
FamilySearch.org.
Probate and Surrogate’s Court Records
 1787 Surrogate’s Courts established in each county to
probate wills. Most NY county Surrogate’s Court records
are digitized at FamilySearch.org; some on Ancestry.com
 1830 Petitions for probate and administration require
identification of all next of kin, even if not heirs.
 1830 All document on file permanently
Census Records The NY State Census:
Taken every 10 years starting 1825-1875, 1892, 1905-1925.
1825-1845: many records have not survived. Surviving sets
can be found on microfilm at the NY State Library or NY
State Historical Association in Cooperstown, 1855-1925 can
be found at FamilySearch.org and/or Ancestry.com
Governmental Vital Records
Birth, Marriage, and Death records were not well enforced.
Try the villages, towns (which are like Michigan’s townships),
cities, county or the NY State Department of Health. Birth
records are restricted for 75 years; marriage and death records are restricted for 50 years.
Naturalization Records
1609-1782 Colonial: “Denizations, Naturalizations, and
Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial NY” by Kenneth Scott and
Kenn Stryker-Rodda
1787 State: Common law courts: federal, state and local.
Federal naturalizations at NARA in NYC and on
Ancestry.com and Fold3.com
Other Suggested Resources
“The New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer”
Quarterly Issue
Newaygo County History
STAFF
Roxanne Bassett
Executive Director
Patricia Taylor
Administrative Assistant
Luanne Nelson
Education Coordinator
Kathy Teverbaugh
Education Assistant
Diane Rhoads
Collections Manager
Shawna Smith
Collections Assistant
Toni Rumsey
Researcher/Archivist
Joan Wise
Assistant Researcher/Archivist
TRUSTEES
President
James Rynberg
Mayor of Fremont
Vice President
Mark Miller
Attorney - Miller Shepherd Law
Treasurer
Dave Dougan
Retired Educator/Real Estate Sales
Secretary
Stephanie Zinn
Marketing Manager - Spectrum Gerber
Rich Blachford
Consultant - Retired City Manager , Newaygo
Dennis Caplis
Retired - Director, Newaygo District Library
Libby Cherin
Retired - CEO, Fremont Area Comm. Foundation
Marilyn Dreyer
Home Health Caregiver
Joe Maile
Retired, U.S. Postal Service
Norm Ochs
Newaygo County Surveyor
Gene Reid
Artist/Purple Heart Vietnam Veteran
Lynne Robinson
Retired, Educator Grant Public Schools
Rick Sharp
Retired, Machinist /White Cloud Fire Chief
Murry Stocking
Electrical Engineer & Assistant Professor FSU
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Greetings!
Because of your generosity in 2015, we received our full 50% match of $7500
from the Fremont Area Community Foundation. Thank you!
Your continued support has allowed us to make many improvements. Offices
were rearranged to enlarge the Research Room to accommodate its increasing
number of visitors seeking local history. Gently used commercial carpet was
installed to cover the cement floors in the offices and the multi-purpose room.
A small storage room was built in an empty corner of the hallway, a water
damaged wall was resurfaced, and an exterior door was replaced to keep out
the wind and snow.
Donated fixtures enhanced the museum store and a new point-of-sale system
enabled us to accept debit/credit cards for the first time. New Greeter and Research Room chairs were provided by a grant from Great Lakes Energy.
Don’t laugh, but sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference.
We installed new paper towel and tissue dispensers in the restrooms; what a
luxury! (No more chasing spindles across the restroom floor.) All this to say,
we love our new home, and we thank you for stepping up, in 2014, to help us
purchase the building!
2015 exhibit highlights: Local farmers were contacted as we sought to improve our farm exhibit. Several retired farmers sat for interviews which were
captured on video, others provided or identified artifacts and related history,
while still others shared photos, props, and funding. The opportunity to work
collaboratively with Nestle Nutrition on a Gerber display was an unanticipated
benefit as the farm exhibit became a community effort in which many with an
interest in our county’s rich farming legacy were moved to participate.
Improvements continued in other areas as well, as our Education Team and
Collection Department consistently evaluated and made improvements in their
respective areas. The Research Room was pleased to receive a donation from
an individual which allowed the digitalization of several more years of newspapers from the 1970’s.
Very importantly, we received several memoirs in 2015. Please remember that
we can only preserve for future generations those stories and memories that
are brought in today. Please take time to record your memories, interview
your elderly family members, write on the back of those photos, and then
share them with us. (We can scan them and return them to you, if you’re not
ready to part with them.) If you will not do this, who will? If not now, when?
Thank you for your continued support in making the Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center a community inspired local history center.
Sincerely,
Roxanne Bassett
Executive Director
Volunteer Opportunity
Do you like reminiscing and discussing the "good ol' days?"
We are looking for several special people to serve as Greeters every other week,
from April 1st through October 31. Shifts of 2.5 or 5 hours are available, between 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
If you like people, local history, can operate a calculator, and like keeping
things tidy, this may be a great fit for you and a friend or spouse. Positions are
limited and background checks are required. Orientation will be held in March.
To apply, call 231-652-2892 or email museum@newaygocountyhistory.org
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