Attractions

Eaton County Parks (including The Ledges)

Grand Ledge Opera House

Community Information

Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce

Grand Ledge Area Festivals and Events

Heritage through our Ancestors

Lulu Shappel (Avery), Avery Family

Museums

Grand Ledge Area Historical Society’s Museum

Skiing & Snowboarding

Fitzgerald Park

133 Fitzgerald Park Drive 
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
(989) 627-7351

Fitzgerald Park is a 78 acre facility best known as the home of the Ledges - sedimentary rock outcroppings line the shores of the Grand River.

Local History

H. Mason, a speculator, made the first land entry here in 1831, but it was sold for taxes four years later.  Edmund L. Lamson made the first permanent settlement in 1848, for Henry A. Trench, whom he found living here, later moved away.  In 1850, Mrs. Lamson suggested the name after the Grand River running past and the great ledge of rocks nearby.  Incorporated as a village in 1871 and as a city in 1893.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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