Local History

Founded in 1847 by Dutch settlers under the leadership of Reverend Maarten Ann Ypma.  A station on the Chicago & Western Michigan (now Pere Marquette) Railroad.  Named after the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. 

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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