Donald Beachum served in the United States Navy during the World War II era. Growing up in Michigan, he graduated from high school in 1945 and joined the Navy right away to avoid being drafted into the Army. Because of a scarlet fever outbreak at…

Norman Beachum was born in Union City, Tennessee on March 7, 1927. After moving around the country his family settled in Muskegon, Michigan and on his 17th birthday he enlisted in the Navy (March 7, 1944). He took basic training at Farragut Naval…

Black and white photograph of a bear by the Fountain Hotel, Yellowstone National Park.The ground around the bear appears to be scattered with discarded metal cans.

Bear Russian bomber, March 1, 1956.

The Bear Lake Township Master Plan was prepared by the township's Planning Commission and adopted on September 6, 2014.

The Bear Lake Village Zoning Map was prepared by the Manistee County Planning Department on July 17, 2019.

Black and white photograph of an exterior side view of Bear Mountain Inn, located in the Bear Mountain State Park and overlooking Hessian Lake within the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area of New York. In the photograph, the 1915 stone-built…

Eric Beard is from Lansing, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army after college and trained in Ft. Drum and Ft. Polk, and spent time in Ft. Drum before going overseas. He served as an E4 in Afghanistan for 10 months. He and his unit patrolled villages…

Black and white photograph of bears at the back of the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park.

Robert Beasecker, Reference Librarian

Beatrice (Beatie) Koolovitz was born in Detroit, the oldest of five children in a Catholic family. After being introduced to other aspects of Christianity and religious history as an undergraduate at Western Michigan University, she continued her…

Beaufighter British, F (fighter), October 1, 1947.