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The arms are composed of a silver field on which are seen three wavy blue bends. In heraldry, this is a classic representation of falling water, as in rapids that would be found in a river. They represent the site of the rapids in the Grand River where, in 1833, missionary priest Frederick Baraga (later the first Bishop of the [[Diocese of Marquette]]) established the first permanent Catholic mission while the area was still a part of the Northwest Territory. From this missionary outpost at Grand Rapids, and traveling mostly by water, Bishop Baraga, his successor Bishop Ignatius Mrak and Father Andrew Viszosky (the first resident priest at Grand Rapids) established mission stations at Beaver Island, Grand Traverse, Cheboygan, Manistee, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Ionia. | The arms are composed of a silver field on which are seen three wavy blue bends. In heraldry, this is a classic representation of falling water, as in rapids that would be found in a river. They represent the site of the rapids in the Grand River where, in 1833, missionary priest Frederick Baraga (later the first Bishop of the [[Diocese of Marquette]]) established the first permanent Catholic mission while the area was still a part of the Northwest Territory. From this missionary outpost at Grand Rapids, and traveling mostly by water, Bishop Baraga, his successor Bishop Ignatius Mrak and Father Andrew Viszosky (the first resident priest at Grand Rapids) established mission stations at Beaver Island, Grand Traverse, Cheboygan, Manistee, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Ionia. | ||