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The Howell Boomers Club, Howell, Livingston, Michigan 1914-1919
This image was included in the First National Bank calendar. The Howell Boomers Club, formerly known as the Howell Commercial Club (1910) worked to raise monies to pave Grand River Avenue and also helped the city obtain streetlights.
The "Great Wolverine Pavedway" was a brick road connecting Lansing to Detroit, Grand River Avenue as it passed through Howell.
Between 1919 and 1948, the Howell Boomers Club became the Howell Board of Commerce, and in 1949, it reorganized as the Howell Chamber of Commerce.
Car also has sign "We Just Got Married". unknown people
Read the February 8, 1998 The Brighton Argus & the Livingston County Press article to learn of Grand River Ave history. -
Greenaway Building, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar. Greenaway Building on the northeast corner of Grand River Avenue and Division Street (Michigan Avenue), with a group of men standing out front at the community drinking fountain.
Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1914
Business names visible are (left to right): Geo. H. Chapel & O. J. P?, Larkin & Kruger Groceries -
Knights Templar Conclave, Howell, Livingston, Michigan, 1913
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar, and was taken just east of the Grand River Avenue and Division Street (Michigan Avenue) intersection, in 1913, and shows members of the commandery in their cars.
Driver of car on right: Henry Spencer.
Driver of car (1912 Paige) in center: Elmer Smith.
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Houghtaling Rural School, Cohoctah Township, Livingston, Michigan
This photograph of the interior of the Houghtaling Rural School was included on the 1st National Bank Calendar.
The Houghtaling Rural School was located on the west side of Oak Grove Road near the intersection of Stelzer Road.
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Grand River Avenue Paving, Howell, Livingston, Michigan
This photograph was included on the 1st National Bank Calendar. The view is facing northeast at the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Division Street (Michigan Avenue).
On the north side of Grand River is the store front of Henry J. Sweet, a civil war veteran and proprieter of this grocery store.
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Dry good store, Livingston, Michigan
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar.
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Oak Grove Depot, Oak Grove, Livingston, Michigan
This image was included in the 1st National Bank Calendar.
Oak Grove Railroad Depot, Oak Grove, Livingston, Michigan
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Howell High School Basketball team, 1912
This image was included in the 1st National Bank Calendar.
This photo is also found in the "Howell Bicentennial History and Photographic Supplement", 1975, p. 431. The caption reads, "The Howell basketball team about 1912, with Gus Schmidt as coach. This picture taken in the old skating rink where they played their home games. The losing team had to sit on the floor."
This article, written by Duane Zemper, noted the old roller skating rink was located "on the spot where Mike Hagman's Gas Station is now, across from McPherson Bank on Michigan Avenue.", p. 428. The address is 202 North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
Mr. Zemper also noted that the high school team had no gym to play their games in the old Central School, but when the new school was built in 1921, on South Michigan Avenue, the team played there.
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Livingston County Jail and Sheriff's Residence, Howell, Michigan
This image was included on the 1st National Bank Calendar. It is a photo of the Livingston County Jail and Sheriff's residence that was built around 1888. In May 1887, the Livingston County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to locate the new jail on the west side of the Court House Square in the village of Howell, Michigan.
The Jail continued to be used until 1949 when it was condemned due to its age, unsafe and unsanitary conditions. The new county jail and sheriff residence was built in 1950.
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Ann Arbor Railroad, Howell Depot, Howell, Michigan
This image was included on the First National Bank Calendar, and is of the Ann Arbor Railroad Depot in Howell.
In the 1992, Howell Bicentennial History book, it is captioned, "The last passenger train on the Ann Arbor Railroad stops in Howell, 1951".
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