Pearls In Our Past   

 



 



       


Home
      
Postcard to You

Welcome Home

Business 

Cemeteries

Community Folk

Community Services      
   
Fire Department         

Churches

Famous Folk & Heroes      
                                  
Government

Historic Events
                                    
Historic Homes

Maps - Stats - Aerial Photos

Military-photos, letters &
    
histories - Rev. War to present
               
Military Submit Information

Misc. History

Obituaries

Potawatomi

Scenic - Prints available

Schools-Hartford & Keeler
      • Athletics here
      • Band here
      • HHS graduate database here
      • Reunion News here

     
• Class Composites here
      • Misc. Class Photos here
      • Memorable Teachers-Staff here

Social

      Hartford Floats
 
     Hartford Royalty
      Misc.

Tragedy

Transcripts 
   
§ Charles A. Spaulding
 A History of Hartford - 153 pg transcript now available on-line!
   
§ Katherine Minshall - Early History of Hartford and Lawrence 12 pgs.
   
§ Eli Fayette Ruggles Recollections of A Busy Life - circa 1904


Precious Pearls

Site Credits

Who are they?

 


Recollections and Jottings

Freq. Asked Questions

Email the Webmaster   
 

Search Our Site

Links of interest
                                                    

   
  
Enter your name and email address below to receive email newsletter and notification of
major changes to the site.
Use TAB key to move to next box. ALL entries are required.

       * required fields

* 
    Your First AND Last name
                  (required)

*  
      Current email address
   Show entire email address,
    including .com, .net, etc. 
                 (required)

*  
  Your connection to Hartford?
            ex: grad, resident,
 former resident, summer visitor, etc.
                 (required)

               
 
If HHS student-grad, what class?

   
Last name during school at Hartford

 
Where do you currently reside?

Select email newsletter(s):
History of Hartford newsletter
Local Events newsletter

   Register       Remove
      (Left-click your mouse on
   the appropriate box to select.)
               (required)


                     

 

Hartford Michigan $.34 postage stamp                    

       
Click on any menu icon or underlined link to find out more about a subject or individual.
Use the Search Our Site icon to find specific words or topics on the entire website.


                               
      TO: 
The parents of Hartford Michigan's future generations

 FROM:  Children of the past
 

               Welcome home....it's good to see you again!   
Please sign the
Recollections And Jottings page before you leave and join us as the beginning of a new chapter in the History of Hartford Michigan.  Recollections and Jottings are made public for viewing around the world.  Be sure to scan notes entered by previous visitors.  Many are interesting tidbits of history AND you may find a former classmate who is looking for you!
                                Click on any blue underlined link to find out more about an individual or subject.

                 Click here to continue your journey into the past of Hartford Michigan

     is sure to awaken whispers of days-gone-by and stimulate a heart-felt glow as you recollect playing in Ely Park ... childhood walks down Main Street ... Saturday visits to The Meat Market ... or a fine dining experience in the Hartford House Hartford House 1909 - Hartford Michiganmany years ago in Hartford, Michigan.  Immemorial images will prompt a grin as you revisit friends and family who traversed our town during their journey of life.  The History of Hartford, Michigan is a visual genealogical resource of the venturesome progenies who came before us.
    Share these
Pearls In Our Past with your loved ones (see the Hartford History icon in the footer at the bottom of the page).  It is truly amazing to watch the present-day youth of our community express eagerness as they learn about the historic beginnings of Hartford.  Maybe, someday, they will join hands with a new generation child to continue onward in their stroll down the memory lane of Hartford Michigan. 
    Come back again soon, as new items will be added often.  If you have untold stories or pictures that should be included here, please send an email to the webmaster and share them with us.  Don't forget to read the
Recollections And Jottings page before you leave.
                                        
                                         Emma Thornburg Sefcik Member of the HHS Class of 1966
 

HHS School Database
Sort by year OR last name
Now completed through 2008

 

 

PS:  Be sure to visit the
 Military gallery of photos.
It's awesome!
 



Special Photo of
Daniel Lightner
in 1917 during WW1

Daniel Lightner in WW1- 1917 - Hartford Michigan


Information for this web site was gathered from personal interviews, newspaper articles, scrapbooks, personal photo albums, and other documented materials - many available to the public at the Hartford Public Library or Van Buren County Historical Museum.  Please report any typographical errors, updated information, or incorrectly stated information to the webmaster for correction.  Reprinting for personal and instructional purposes is permitted, however, unauthorized commercial reprinting of this information or unauthorized linking to photos-pictures on this site is strictly prohibited without written permission from the webmaster. 



Pass the word on to your friends and family about this site
It's easy...right click on this icon,
COPY
and PASTE it into an email to them.

Click on the icon to go directly to the website.
HartfordHistory Icon - Hartford MI

Pearls In Our Past - Hartford Michigan
© 
A Pictorial History of Hartford Michigan
Emma Thornburg Sefcik
Webmaster
Competent Secretarial Service
History of Hartford Michigan
Copyright © 2000 - All rights reserved.


Revised: November 03, 2008