The Eddy clan celebrating Independence Day on the front lawn at Beech-Hurst. There are several tables set out, as well as lawn chairs, and everyone is in conversation. Circa 1960s

Photograph of three people sitting in a red BMW Isetta automobile with the front door open. Circa 1960s

Photograph of Barbara sitting in a green lawn chair smiling her great niece Joan sitting next to her in a blue chair.

Group in the back yard of Beech-Hurst by the grape arbor - Plummers, Woods, Brighams and Crandell.

The Crandells on the right and the Woods on the left (except for Rob Plummer on far left). Barbara Paton Eddy on the right with the straw hat.

Photograph of a fishing boat docked in front of a small white house on the Kalamazoo River in Saugatuck. The picture is dimly lit and taken from the shore.

Photograph of Barbara telling stories while David Woods and John Chase sitting on towels at the beach listening attentively. The woman is under a beach umbrella, wearing a black hat and sunglasses.

Photograph of Joyce Plummer and Barbara Crandell on beach towels sunbathing.

Photograph of Geoff Brigham playing on tires at the 1st Kid Stuff Park. He is wearing a light blue baseball hat and is smiling widely while holding his arms out and clutching the wooden railing of the bridge he is on.

Photograph of sisters Barbara Paton Eddy and Esther Paton Eddy (they married brothers) by the Eddy Cottage (Ben and Esther) on Lakeshore Drive. Barbara lived across the street with her husband Raymond.

Photograph of a holding hands while walking along a Kalamazoo River pier away from a lighthouse in the background. The sail of a boat in the background is obscured by fog. Circa 1980s

Photograph of sisters Esther Paton Eddy and Barbara Paton Eddy and another lady before their climb up Mt. Baldhead.

Photograph of Ann and Dave Brigham in front of abundant rose bushes at the Eddy cottage on Lakeshore Drive. s

Photograph of Lois Trevarrow McLay and Elizabeth Trevarrow Paton sitting in the shade on a bench outside the R.G. Eddy cottage on Lakeshore Drive.

Photograph depicts a sapphire blue Old Harbor and the remnants of the old pier from the Kalamazoo River. Circa 1950s

Photograph of the Eddy clan at the beach. There are two women with a group of about six small children standing at the edge of the water facing the camera. In the foreground seven adults are seated in the sand facing the water.

Lillian purchased Beech-Hurst in 1906 as a farm. The immense beech trees (state record) gave the site its name.

Photograph of Rob and Elizabeth Plummer on a bed mattress in the grass.

Group photograph of thirteen people on the beach, a mix of adults and children.

Photograph of the Old School House in Douglas.

Photograph of Rob and Elizabeth Plummer with a tea kettle to their left; a dog sits in shadow in the foreground.

Photograph of great grandmothers Lillian and Elizabeth (Nannan) with grandkids Rob and Elizabeth Plummer at Beech-Hurst.

Photograph of an elderly woman standing in front of a small white house with she has two books in hand, wearing a gray and white striped dress. Circa 1960s

Photograph of Rob and Elizabeth Plummer with a tea kettle to the left.