Ray Foster grew up on a family farm near Douglas, Michigan. In this interivew, Foster remembers the motorcycle gangs driving through town during summer holiday weekends, the rock music festival in 1968, and the Saugatuck Jazz Festival.

Ray Diffenderfer's grandparents were among the first to own land near Mt. Baldhead, where they built a cottage in the early 1920s. In this article, Ray reminisces about spending summers of his youth at the cottage and swimming at the beach in the…

Unidentified GR Quadruple Sculls crew rowing with a doubles boat in the background. Photo in brown faux frame.

Outdoor portrait of John F. Corbet. Written on backside: "Return to Herb Conlon"

Portrait on black background of coach James Wray. Written on the back: "James Wray. Coach. Grand Rapids Boat + Canoe Club. Save and return to H. H. Conlon."

Color photograph featuring a row of parked cars in front of the outdoor pool at the Dunes Resort in Douglas, Michigan. The pool and resort is nestled among the trees and landscaped greenery.

Photograph of the Plummers surrounding a kayak on its side on the beach. Barbara Paton Eddy is wearing a straw hat with Ben Eddy in the back. In the distance there are big waves and a house at the top of a nearby dune.

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.

Invitation and menu of events for the Peoria Rowing Festival including the fortieth anniversary of the National Ass. Of Amateur Oarsmen. The festival was to be held August 5-10th of 1912, with multiple events and activities each day.

Photograph of a few groups of people sitting on towels while talking and sunbathing at the beach. There is a rusty barrel located behind the group at the forefront of the photograph and young men can be seen running near the dunegrass in the…

Photograh of sisters Esther Paton Eddy and Barbara Paton Eddy with grandson Ben Plummer on a log on the beach.

Photograph Pat and Frank in swimming suits holding their son Mike who is standing on a wooden railing on the beach. Behind them are four other people sitting or laying out towels.