The Best Stories, Sites and Fun From Around the Great Lakes State.
by Lewiston’s first sawmill burned within a week of opening. The railroad followed, then came failing farms, CCC workers and lake resorts. Seven turning points trace the changing fortunes of this northern Michigan town.
by Michigan day-trip guide Michigan Food Tours: 12 Places to Watch It Made Follow milk from a dairy barn, stand near a cider press, smell coffee beans in the roaster and …
by Railroads created Mecosta, but lumber, farming, schools and lake resorts kept it alive. These 14 turning points trace the village from its 1879 plat through the loss of its depot and the rise of Piety Hill.
by Toledo Beach history follows a Michigan trolley resort from its 1907 opening to a flying boat, a rail shutdown and the marina that now occupies the shore.
by In 1927, a Michigan conservation officer found a way to shorten a 14-hour river journey to Tahquamenon Falls. His solution involved an abandoned logging railroad, a Ford Model T fitted …
by The history of Kingsford Michigan begins in 1920, when Henry Ford started building an enormous lumber and automobile parts operation near Iron Mountain. His factories would help create an entire …
by Long before jet aircraft filled the skies over Wayne County, Romulus was a railroad junction surrounded by farms. Early postcards show the merchants, railroad workers, and families who built a …
by Clare, Michigan, grew as a railroad and lumber town. This Michigan Moments video looks at its early businesses, two major downtown fires and the 1938 murder at the Doherty Hotel.
by Sodus, Michigan, offered summer visitors cottages, croquet and riverboat rides beside working farms. Follow the May Graham to King’s Landing, trace the railway connections and meet the local families whose farms and businesses helped turn the St. Joseph River into a welcoming rural vacation destination.
by Rare early photographs reveal Tower, Michigan, when mills, logging railroads and factories drove the town. Fire, flood and shrinking timber supplies soon changed everything.
