HOLLAND — The VerHage family has been in the automobile business for 112 years. Even though their landmark building on East Eighth Street across from Russ’ is now closed, at least one family member is still dealing with cars.
The tradition started in Hudsonville.
Henry VerHage was born in 1886. His parents, Derk VerHage and Anna Timmer, had immigrated from the Netherlands. By then, Hudsonville was a stop on the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad. Thus, it was beginning to grow, attracting Dutch immigrant farmers to its adjacent wetlands…