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Michigan Tree Experts
Professional tree service and tree removal in Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan Tree Experts
Michigan Tree Experts
673 Barry Street SouthwestGrand Rapids Michigan 49418USA
(616) 202-5739
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Are you having trouble with your trees? We're a professional tree removal company with extensive experience in commercial and residential tree care. Whether it's a small yard or a large property, we work with our clients to facilitate the best possible services so the outdoor area can be enjoyed in the full year-long. To learn more about our services, visit our website.
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About Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,893 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,087,592 and a combined statistical area population of 1,383,918.Situated along the Grand River approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan, it is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, as well as one of the fastest-growing cities in the Midwest. A historic furniture manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies and is nicknamed "Furniture City". Other nicknames include "River City". The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others. Grand Rapids was the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's Gerald R. Ford International Airport and Gerald R. Ford Freeway are named after him. == History == === Nineteenth century: Native American and European-American settlement === ==== Trading post ==== After the French established territories in Michigan, Jesuit missionaries and traders traveled down Lake Michigan and its tributaries.In 1806, white trader Joseph La Framboise and his Métis wife, Madeline La Framboise, traveled by canoe from Mackinac and established the first trading post in West Michigan in present-day Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River, near what is now Ada Township, the junction of the Grand and Thornapple Rivers. They were French-speaking and Roman Catholic.