Article: Jeffrey D. Kleiman. Strike! How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids.(Book review)

Article: Grand Rapids: History
Cities of the United States;      700+ words ...Grand Rapids: History Grand River Valley Site of ... Grand River at the site of present day Grand Rapids. Several Baptist mission buildings ... downtown area and named it the Village of Grand Rapids. A land surveyor named Lucius Lyon ...

Article: Grand Rapids: Communications
Cities of the United States;      436 words ...Grand Rapids: Communications Newspapers and Magazines The Grand Rapids Press is the city's daily newspaper, appearing ... newspapers circulating in the community include The Grand Rapids Times, targeted to African American community interests ...

Article: Grand Rapids to lose air service; Mesaba flights ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Liz Fedor; Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn., the birthplace of Mesaba Airlines ... Friday that it is not profitable to serve Grand Rapids with Mesaba flights. Last weekend Grand Rapids residents worried that they might lose their ...

Article: Grand Rapids, Minn., Confronts Northwest Airlines ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune Business News Jan. 23--GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. -- The more than 70 people who gathered at the Grand Rapids City Hall Thursday afternoon didn ... Dan Erkilla, who serves on the Grand Rapids City Council as well as the Grand ...

Article: Grand Rapids: Recreation
Cities of the United States;      700+ words ...Grand Rapids: Recreation Sightseeing The Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids honors the 38th President of the United States ... Lady are also represented. The Public Museum of Grand Rapids concentrates on the furniture industry, Michigan ...

Article: Grand Rapids seeks a star
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  July 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... superstar" candidate they wanted, Grand Rapids, Mich., city commissioners in April ... contenders will be interviewed Tuesday in Grand Rapids, a city of about 193,000 people that ... worked as administrative assistants at Grand Rapids, where Bonaparte was employed from ...

Article: COLD WAR; Grand Rapids-Greenway of Coleraine boys' ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Michael Rand; Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. -- Mother Nature tried her ... the state, classes were canceled at Grand Rapids and Greenway (of Coleraine) high schools ... boys' hockey game between Greenway and Grand Rapids to be postponed? Information and speculation ...