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ZZ – Emmet County Historical Markers

  Bay View Association/Bay View Industry and Invention (1875-1915) – Registered in 1957 and erected in 1997 – ID #S151A Located in the Center of Bay View Campus, Bay View – Lat: 45.38389300 / Long: -84.93435800 Bay View Association Beginning in 1875 as a Methodist camp, the Bay View Association encouraged scientific and intellectual development within a religious community. In 1885 John M. Hall of Flint began the summer educational assembly program. The Methodist camp meeting resort of Chautauqua, New York, inspired Bay View to organize schools of art, cooking, elocution, and music. In addition, cottagers participated in religious study,… Read More »