| A | B |
|---|
| glaciers | 11,000 years ago these carves the great lakes |
| Maskigon | Odawa Indian name meaning river with marshes |
| Jean Nicollet | first non-Indian in Muskegon River area |
| fur trading | industy that dominated region before lumbering |
| sixteen cents an acre | price paid to indians for Michigan land |
| Martin Ryerson | Muskegon's first millionaire |
| Newaygo | near this city the first lumber mill started operating in 1837 |
| Arctic Grayling | considered Michigan's most spectacular sport fish |
| Oceana and Mason | counties that Indian reservations were set up in in 1855 |
| Lumber Queen of the World | Muskegon's nickname in 1887 |
