The Coast Guard Station In Harbor Beach – 1929

The Huron Milling Co. has dredged a channel from deep water in the harbor the US Coast Guard maintained the station just south of the dock.

Daredevil Act Zingarella at the Bad Axe (Huron Community) Fair in Michigan 1912

by Paul Austin

We ran across this unique picture postcard of Zingarella on Facebook. Due credit to Barry Holdship, who collects old photographs of the Upper Thumb. Is the Daredevil Zingarella in Coney …

President Nixon Visits Bad Axe Michigan, April 10, 1974

by Paul Austin

President Nixion visits Bad Axe Michigan to campaign for a special election during April 1974, just days before the Watergate scandal hits his administration.

Port Crescent Sand and Fill Operations

by Paul Austin

After the lumber industry collapsed in Michigan during the 1880s. The town of Port Crescent was abandoned and most buildings moved. Sand operations started for glass making.

Belle Isle State Park Works To Restore Historic Sawmill

by Paul Austin

For decades, City of Detroit foresters industriously labored away in a quaint sawmill within Belle Isle Park, giving trees from streets and parks new life as usable wood after they were removed for road widening or death from disease, pests, or storms.