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Historical Marker - L2096 - New Groningen / Jan Rabbers (Marker ID#:L2096) Historical Marker - L2096 - New Groningen / Jan Rabbers (Marker ID#:L2096) Front - Title/Description New Groningen The village of New Groningen, which prospered in this area from 1855 to 1865, was the second colony established by a group of Dutch immigrants led by Jan Rabbers. The first settlement, Groningen, was located about one mile southwest of here until 1856 when the road between Holland and Zeeland (present-day Paw Paw Drive) bypassed the community. Unlike the Dutch farming communities of Graafschap, Drenthe, and Overisel, founded in 1847 and 1848, Groningen Significant Date: developed as an industrial town. Around 1847 Jan Statehood Era (1815-1860) Rabbers built a log house and a store on land now Registry Year: 2001 Erected Date: 2001 occupied by the New Groningen Cemetery. He erected a sawmill nearby. Other ventures Marker Location followed. The Veneklasen brickyard, opened in Address: 10542 Chicago Dr. 1851, is the most enduring industry. Many Veneklasen brick buildings stand today. City: Zeeland State: MI ZipCode: Back - Title/Description County: Ottawa Jan Rabbers Township: Zeeland Jan Rabbers, the leader of a colony at Groningen and New Groningen, left Drenthe, the Lat: 42.80814100 / Long: -85.99759600 Netherlands, in 1846 with immigrants from Web URL: Utrecht, Friesland, and Overijsel. They planned to join Albertus Van Raalte in Holland, Michigan. After arriving in New York aboard the Isabella Bath, the group went to Albany to await instructions from Van Raalte. According to tradition, in 1847 Rabbers and fourteen others walked from Buffalo to Detroit. Believing the Black River to be a likely trade route, Rabbers established Groningen about one mile southwest of here where the river appeared to be navigable. When the bridge washed out in 1856, the settlers relocated here where they had better access to the new road between Holland and Zeeland. They called the settlement New Groningen..
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