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Top 16 Small Cities in Michigan | City Described
6. Muskegon
The name Muskegon comes from the Ottawa Indian word ‘Masquigon,’ which means swamp or marshy river. The area’s history dates to the Paleo-Indian era seven to eight thousand years ago. The Ottawa tribe lived in the Muskegon region approximately two-thousand years ago, according to the Muskegon-Michigan website.
The fur trade made the Hudson Bay Company rich and Chicago used Muskegon lumber to rebuild after the fire of 1871. More millionaires lived in the Muskegon region during that era than any other city in the United States, the Muskegon-Michigan website states.
Muskegon sits on the shores of Lake Michigan and has picturesque beaches that bring tourists to the area for sightseeing, fishing and swimming.
The city known as the Riviera of the West continues to prosper with community renovation projects to beautify and restore some of the historic buildings in the city, as related to the Muskegon-Michigan website.
Muskegon produced a music industry innovator in James Newell Osterberg, Jr. Known to the world as Iggy Pop, James changed the Punk rock world. Iggy played drums in a number of high school bands before moving to Chicago to study the blues. Iggy formed the Psychedelic Stooges and his career began as stated on the Outdoor-Michigan website.
Well-known televangelist Jim Bakker grew up in Muskegon. Since his divorce from Tammy Faye, he remarried to Lori Beth Graham in 1998. Jim Bakker appeared on television for ten years in support of the PTL Ministries and fans loved him and his wife Tammy Faye. Unknown to Tammy and the viewers, Jim had diverted money from the PTL and stolen viewer’s money to support his hidden lifestyle, found on the Hall of Infamy website.
The Pyrotechnics Guild International (PGI) Convention comes to Muskegon every August. More than 10-thousand people attend the convention every year even PGI members flock to the small town. Only PGI members are allowed into the convention but the convention’s public displays draw huge crowds, reports the Atlas Obscura website.
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