Part III - Culture, a supplement to the Big Rapids Pioneer Newspaper. Used with permission.





VARIETY THE SPICE OF LIFE

Some ot6her interesting activities of years past include (from top right, clockwise) a postcard depicting former Big Rapids resident Fred Roof's escapes "on the huckleberry plains" in 1908, getting ready for a horse race at the early Mecosta County Fair; preparations for a balo launch near the intersection of Pine and Sate Streets; a Big Rapids schools First Grade train ride to Reed City in May of 1937; a Campfire Girls activity in 1937; and a Mecosta County Historical Society picture of a very strange wrestling match of earlier years. (Pioneer file photos.)

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