Muskegon

Muskegon, capital of Muskegon county, Michigan, is on the Muskegon River, which here (4 miles from its mouth in Lake Michigan) widens into Muskegon Lake, the best harbour on the east side of Lake Michigan. Muskegon is 40 miles by rail NW. of Grand Rapids, has daily steamboat communication with Chicago, and saws and ships enormous quantities of lumber. It has also a number of foundries, machine-shops, boiler-works, &c. Pop. (1890) 22,702.