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History · Crystal Falls

Crystal Falls’s history is
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The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Crystal Falls. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1880established
3old images & papers
14recent photos
The forest of Crystal Falls school. Michigan, 1937 · Library of Congress

The story

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Crystal Falls was platted in 1881. It was named for a nearby icy waterfall on the Paint River. A post office called Crystal Falls has been in operation since 1885.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1880Established
1911John H ParksCommons
1930s2 items · The forest of Crystal Falls school. M…LOC
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crystal Falls’s history is told.

2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewJohn H Parks, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Crystal Falls

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DODavid OttMusicEmil HurjaEmil HurjaPolitics & LawSHSolomon Cady HollisterScience & MedicineGSGeorge A. SoderbergScience & Medicine
By decade

Crystal Falls, decade by decade

1910s1 item
John H ParksCommonsJohn H Parks1911
1930s2 items
The forest of Crystal Falls school. MichiganLOCThe forest of Crystal Falls school. Michigan1937Man driving horse in home-adapted carriage. Crystal Falls, MichiganLOCMan driving horse in home-adapted carriage. Crystal Falls, …1937
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today14 photos
Parks Co - Willis HardwareCommonsParks Co - Willis Hardware2010MasonicLodgeCrystalFallsMICommonsMasonicLodgeCrystalFallsMI2010John Hasselstrom HouseCommonsJohn Hasselstrom House2010Herman Rau HouseCommonsHerman Rau House2010Harte Block DEMOCommonsHarte Block DEMO2010Frank Cole House DEMOCommonsFrank Cole House DEMO2010Finnish and Swedish MercantileCommonsFinnish and Swedish Mercantile2010Ernest Diele HouseCommonsErnest Diele House2010David Ross House BCommonsDavid Ross House B2010CrystalFallsMichiganWelcomeSignUS2US141CommonsCrystalFallsMichiganWelcomeSignUS2US1412010CrystalFallsMichiganSignUS2US141CommonsCrystalFallsMichiganSignUS2US1412010CrystalFallsMichiganM69CommonsCrystalFallsMichiganM692010Crystal Falls MI Dam and Powerpland CCommonsCrystal Falls MI Dam and Powerpland C2010M-69 enteringCommonsM-69 entering2009

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as John H Parks (1911) and it appears here side by side.

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📜 Alpha📜 Mastodon📜 Crystal Falls📜 Mansfield

From Wikimedia Commons (15) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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