Lowell’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Lowell. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The earliest modern residents of the Flat River and Grand River were the Grand River Odawa, who established several villages along the Grand River. In the first decades of the 19th century, the village was led by Wabiwindego and Keewaycooshcum, and later by Cobmoosa. In the 1830s, Cobmoosa purchased the land under the Odawa village in the name of his father, fur trader Antoine Campau. The Odawa remained at their village on the Flat River until 1858, when they moved to a reservation at Manistee, Michigan.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lowell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lowell’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMain Street (NBY 8866), c. 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lowell, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsAda-Lowell 5 Theatres2018
CommonsOrlando Odell House2015
CommonsNorth Country Trail mural a 042015
CommonsLa Framboise Trading Post2015
CommonsVergennes United Methodist Church2014
CommonsVergennes District No. 11 Schoolhouse2014
CommonsVergennes District No. 1 School2014
CommonsLowell Municipal Light and Power Building 2013-09-04 22-11-…2013
CommonsMIMap-doton-Lowell2005Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Main Street (NBY 8866) (c. 1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.