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1888 Dummy Line Riot in Grand Rapids: Church members throw rocks and tear up rail lines
Dutch members of the Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church were considered pious people. The church members did more than just pray in 1888, when the Street Railway Company of Grand Rapids wanted to put a rail line along Eastern Avenue. … Continue reading