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Books

Holland Michigan’s Entrepreneurs: 1840-1870 —The Pioneers

Holland Michigan’s Entrepreneurs: 1870-1900 — The Emerging Capitalists

(Hardcopies are available at https://readersworldbookstore.com/)

Presentations

“Holland’s Entrepreneurial Heroes, 1840-1870,” presented at the Herrick Library, April 13, 2022

“Holland’s Entrepreneurial Heroes, 1870-1900,” presented at the Herrick Library, Dec 14, 2022

“Holland’s Entrepreneurial Heroes, 1900-1930,” presented at the Herrick Library, Feb 15, 2023

“Zeeland’s Earliest Entrepreneurial Heroes,” presented at the Howard Miller Library for the Zeeland Historical Society, March 15, 2023

“Isaac Cappon: Holland’s First Major Industrialist,“ presented at the Holland Museum, December 7, 2023

“Holland’s First Entrepreneurs,” presented at Holland Historical Society (Pillar Church), June 8, 2024

“Unrecognized Trailblazers: A Sample of Holland’s Female Entrepreneurs from the Anishinaabek to the Present ,” presented at the Holland Museum, March 20, 2025

“The Entrepreneurs Behind the Warm Friend Story,” presented at the Resthaven Warm Friend, April 24, 2025

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Articles and Chapters

19th Century Entrepreneurial Leaders

Why Van Raalte, van de Luyster, and the Dutch Who Left Holland

Why the Dutch were Predisposed toward America

The People Who Arrived in West Michigan Before the Dutch

Recession: Why Land in America was Affordable

Supply: Why Land in America was Affordable

First-Person Accounts of the Dutch In West Michigan

Overview of Holland’s Early Entrepreneurial Activity

Holland’s Entrepreneurs: 1840-1870 — Harrington, Keppel, Van Raalte, Van Der Haar, Binnekant, Slag, Roost, Kenyon, Plugger, Pfanstiehl, Van Der Veen, Van Putten, Cappon, Walsh, Howard, Coatsworth, Blom, Scholten, Brink

Overview of Groningen’s Early Entrepreneurial Activity

Groningen’s Entrepreneurs: 1840-1870 — Rabbers, Kolvoord, Steketee, Scholten, Boone, Veneklasen

Overview of Zeeland’s Early Entrepreneurial Activity

Zeeland’s Entrepreneurs: 1840-1870 — van de Luyster, Steketee, Kremers, LaHuis, DeKruif, Keppel, Den Herder, Van Koevering, Klanderman

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Harvesting Natural Resources — van de Luyster, Veneklasen, Harrington, Van Raalte, Rabbers, Kolvoord, Fairbanks, Woodruff, Roost, Post, Kremers, Keppel, Coatsworth, DeKruif, Howard, Van Putten, LaHuis, Walsh, McBride, Souter, Visscher

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Exploiting Modes of Transportation — Schaddelee, Steketee, Pfanstiehl, Plugger, Kanters, Harrington, Kollen

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Manufacturing Goods — Vander Veen, Cappon, Van Ark, Van Loo, Brouwer, Becker, Huntley, Sief, De Spelder, Huntley, Van Putten, De Roo, Pelgrim, Werkman, Scott, Lugers, Schuurman, King, Hummer, Van Putten

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Selling Goods and Services — Van Den Bosch, Keppel, Van Putten, Meyer, Van Raalte, Boone, Van Koevering, Kleyn, Van Raalte, Blom, Pessink, Brouwer, Steketee, Doesburg, Wichers, Boonstra, De Kruif, De Pree, Fox, De Kruif, La Huis

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Managing Human and Financial Resources — Den Herder, Mokma, Kenyon, Brink, Marsilje, Kremers, Beach, Ver Schure, Diekema

Holland’s Emerging Capitalists: 1870-1900 — Building “Gilded Age” Homes — Cappon, Coatsworth, Steketee, Post, Kollen, McBride, Boone, Kleyn, Cappon, Hanchett, Keppel, Beardsley, Van Putten, Kremers, Meyer, Metz, Blom, De Pree, Diekema, Van Putten, Cappon, Ver Schure, Hummer, Pelgrim, Pessink, Van Ark, Browning, Post, Kollen, Wing, Garrod, Cappon, McLean, Kanters