Editing St. Joseph, Michigan (section)

===Business and industry history===
In 1892, Truscott Boat Manufacturing Co moved to St. Joseph from Grand Rapids. In the early 20th Century, the company was the largest employer in St. Joseph with 700 employees and built 600 wooden boats per year. The company built boats for the government in World War I, struggled during the Depression, was sold in 1940, revived during World War II to build ships for the Navy and went bankrupt in 1948.<ref>Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry By Kenneth J. Blume 2012</ref>

In 1911, [[Frederick and Louis Upton|Louis, Emory, and Frederick Upton]] began a business that produced household [[washing machine]]s. The business soon became a boom and has continued to grow to this day. In 1929, Upton Machine Company merged with Nineteen Hundred Corp., taking the latter name. The company began marketing a line of appliances known as the "Whirlpool" brand in 1948. Within the next decade, Nineteen Hundred changed its name to Whirlpool. Today, [[Whirlpool Corporation]] is the largest manufacturer of major home appliances and maintains a large presence in Benton Harbor and nearby St. Joseph. Whirlpool has its world headquarters in Benton Harbor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/about/history/1940s.asp |title=Whirlpool in the 1940s |access-date=2016-02-06  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008052533/http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/about/history/1940s.asp |archive-date=October 8, 2008 }}</ref>

In 1891 the [[Silver Beach Amusement Park]] was opened on land between the lake and mouth of the river in St. Joseph. Logan Drake and Louis Wallace bought the land from the [[Pere Marquette Railroad]] and added cottages to lure tourists to the lake front. As the park aged and grew in popularity, the pair added many attractions, including concessions, games, pool, a boardwalk and different rides. The first [[roller coaster]] was built in 1904 and was called the Chase Through the Clouds, which was replaced by the Velvet roller coaster (renamed the Comet). Among the most popular attractions were the [[carousel]] and the Shadowland Ballroom, built in 1927. During the 1960s and 1970s, the buildings decayed and the crowds decreased. Finally, crime in the park led police to shut it down in 1970.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.swmidirectory.org/History_of_Silver_Beach_Amusement_Park.html|title=Silver Beach Amusement Park History: The Southwest Michigan Directory|first1=Alan |last1=Schultz |first2=Jeff |last2=Terrill |first3=John|last3=Wenzlaff |journal=Michigan History Magazine |publisher=Southwest Michigan Business & Tourism Directory swmidirectory.org |access-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref>