When Streetcars Met the Surf – An Enlighting History of Lake Michigan Park in Muskegon (1890-1930)
Lake Michigan Park was Muskegon’s “trolley park” era in one place: a bathing pavilion, concessions, dancing, a roller coaster, and a theater that drew vaudeville. It peaked as transit-fed fun, then faded as cars took over and the lakefront became public space.