allegan michigan

Allegan, Michigan

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Allegan is the county seat of Allegan County. The city dates to the 1830s and has a population of about 5,000. It has a fair-sized and reasonably active downtown that looks like it once was substantially larger. These photos were taken on a Sunday afternoon, and a few business, mostly bars, were open.

I pretty much expected this after I saw an 1889 cornerstone in the front yard of the historical museum.

Wishful thinking may be embellishing my memory of this view, but I used to drive through Allegan from time to time in the 1960s, and it seems to me that I recall buildings long this stretch coming right down to the water's edge so that their back sides almost made a wall along the river.

Vague and out-of-touch, anyone?

Contrary to what one might think, these devices are not similar to bicycles despite being two-wheeled. They're ten thousand times louder, and there were quite a few of them.

On the other hand, this is prohibited.