Harry "Bud" Baxter graduated high school near the beginning of WW II. He went to college at the University of Michigan for a year, but feeling that he would soon be drafted, he enlisted in the Army. During WW II he traveled with other men where…

Bay class British PF (patrol vessel), October 1, 1947.

Bay class British PF (patrol vessel), October 1, 1947.

Bay class British PF (patrol vessel), October 1, 1947.

Bay class, Commencement, US CVE (aircraft carrier escort), September 1, 1953.

Black and white photograph of a Bayer Porsche Locomotive parked in a wooded area in the Karlsruhe Schlossgarten, or Palace Garden, the landscape park situated north of the Karlsruhe Palace in Germany. Scanned from the negative.

Page from Bob Lord's family photograph album with four photos of a woman in a kitchen, children in a school recital, and people on the beach. The photos have yellowed with age and have "JUL 78" stamped in the corners.

Black and white photograph of the beach at Macatawa, Michigan. Taken by Robert Merrill from shore. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative.

Hand-captioned photograph of a group of twelve on hat appears to be a beach that are posed for the image. One man holds a child in his arms, and there are personal items strewn about. At the bottom, someone crossed out 1923-24 and wrote “Oops- says…

Black and white photograph of the beach at Holland, Michigan. Taken by Robert Merrill, looking northeast from the water. Water damage is visible on the image, which was scanned from the negative.

Black and white photograph of a beach scene along Poland's Baltic coastline. In the photograph, a family is standing on sandy concrete steps overlooking the Baltic Sea, and hooded beach chairs can be seen scattered along the beach in the background.…

Black and white photograph of a beach scene along Poland's Baltic coastline. In the photograph, a group of hooded beach chairs are scattered along the beach overlooking the Baltic Sea and a woman is walking the shoreline in the background. Scanned…

Black and white photograph of a coastal beach scene along the Baltic Coast of Poland. In the photograph, beachgrass is seen covering the ground leading up to the sandy shoreline overlooking the sea. Scanned from the negative.

Photograph of two women and a man on a beach in front of an umbrella that is taped to a piece of paper. The younger woman and man appear to be in swim gear, while the older woman is in a dress. Below, it reads: “1922-24. L. to R. “’Pete’ vonBrecht,…

Black and white photograph of a Lake Michigan beach scene in Saugatuck, Michigan. It appears to be a busy day at Oval Beach where people are sunbathing on the sand and swimming in the lake. On the back of the photograph there is a stamp which reads:…

Andrew Beachnau, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs

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…