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Holland History: The tale of the namesake of Russ' Restaurant, part one

Russ Bouws had farming in his blood.

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Holland History: John Fenlon Donnelly and the development of automobile mirrors

John Fenlon Donnelly experienced the best, worst, and best of business times.

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Holland History: P.T. Cheff and the downfall of Holland Furnace Co.

For August Landwehr, 1928 marked a significant period of decline — including the rise of P.T. Cheff and the fall of Holland Furnace Company.

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Holland History: The tinkerer in overalls and Holland Furnace Co.

John Kolla was the tinkerer in overalls. August Landwehr was the polished salesman. Together, they founded Holland Furnace Co.

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Holland History: The man responsible for Chris-Craft boats

During the Great Depression, the Smiths reorganized their company as Chris-Craft and took on an outside investor. Sales rebounded in 1936.

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Holland History: The story behind Holland's most politically connected law practice

Diekema, Kollen and Ten Cate — located on the second floor of First State Bank at 2 E. Eighth St. — was Holland’s most politically connected law practice.

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Holland History: Holland's first female cleric didn't work quietly

Nellie Churchford made Holland’s ecclesiastical, political and business leaders uncomfortable. They saw her as insufficiently credentialed, female and fundamentalist.

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Holland History: The many hats of former mayor William Beach

Beach was born in 1851 in Livingston County, New York, the son of Horace and Catherine Giddings Beach, who moved to Holland around 1870.

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Steve VanderVeen: The tale of Holland Sentinel owner Charles McLean

Charles McLean was in the middle of it all. He was born in 1856. His father had emigrated from Scotland, his mother from Canada.

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Holland History: Henry Kremers bridged a political-economic divide

Henry Kremers was born in 1850 in Drenthe, Michigan. His parents, Williem Kremers and Anna Heins, emigrated from the Netherlands in 1847 and married in 1849. Henry was the oldest of their five children.

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