Muskegon

Related to Muskegon: Muskegon State Park

Muskegon,

river, 227 mi (365 km) long, rising in Houghton Lake, N central Mich., and flowing SW to Lake Michigan at Muskegon. At its mouth the river widens into Muskegon Lake, forming a harbor c.2.5 mi (4 km) wide and c.5.5 mi (8.9 km) long.

Muskegon

(məskē`gən), city (1990 pop. 40,283), seat of Muskegon co., W Mich., on Lake Michigan; inc. as a city 1869. A port of entry, the city is a car-ferry terminus and a shipping point for a farm, fruit, and industrial region. Among its many manufactures are automobile parts and engines, foundry products, chemicals, paper products, sports equipment, ink pigments, gasoline pumps, and heavy machinery. A fur-trading post was established there c.1810. The first sawmill was built in 1837, and the lumber industry thrived until 1890, when the city was swept by fire.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Muskegon

a city in the northern USA, in the state of Michigan. Population, 44,600 (1970), and with its suburbs, 157,400. Port on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Muskegon River.

In 1970, 25,000 workers were employed in Muskegon. The items produced by the city’s industries include diesel engines, ship and tank engines, industrial and office equipment, and furniture. Muskegon is a noted health resort.

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"I feel sick to my stomach knowing that I walk to the home of one of the most racist people in Muskegon hiding behind his uniform and possibly harassing people of color and different nationalities," Mathis wrote in a Facebook post late Wednesday.

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During the 1860s, the village of Muskegon had flourished and grown into an economic hub in Western Michigan.

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Last year, the chapter awarded more than $22,000 to students in STEM fields at Muskegon Community College, and as AFS family stipends.

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Tramec Sloan will operate Fleet Engineers as an autonomous division out of Muskegon, Michigan.

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Cobb property into a deep-water marine terminal on the east end of Muskegon Lake for cross-lake shipping.

Forsite Development to Acquire Two Former Coal-Fired Plants of Consumers Energy

"If I do fine in Muskegon, I'll end up staying there the whole year," Keeper said.

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A Kent City man faces felony charges for allegedly mixing hazardous waste into wastewater he dumped at the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System.

Michigan man faces felony charges after dumping contaminated wastewater

It's an electric dragster that set a world record by racing at a top speed of 109 mph down a 1/4-mile drag strip in 12.369 seconds, according to The Muskegon Chronicle.

Michigan students build record-breaking electric dragster

! Michigan, USA, Dhu-AlQa'dah 17, 1434, Sep 23, 2013, SPA -- Gunfire outside an Elks Charity Lodge in Muskegon, Michigan, early Sunday left three people dead and four wounded, police said, according to UPI.

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Today, many of the pine stands they planted in Muskegon County have suffered from insects and disease, and Michigan's forests need our help once more.