The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Continuing With Muskegon During WW II: La Colonia Housing-- Part 2

Continued from Saturday.

Estevan Ramirez was one of scores of Latino men recruited from the sugar beet fields in the Saginaw area to work at Campbell, Wyant and Cannon during World War II.

They were provided with good jobs and housing at Ryerson Heights. Many more came as word got around.

Ryerson Heights Housing was only in existence for nine years. In 1954, the last one story barrack-like units were razed and residents scattered. Many of the Latinos remained in Muskegon.

--GreGen

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