Scenic and Smelly – Mackinaw Island – Not a One Horse Town
by Mackinac Island is a haven for horse lovers. There are no cars on Mackinac Island, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get around!
by Category: History
Articles, features, and posts about history and historical events, people, and places in the United State and world.
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Michigan’s Interurban Railways – A Great Transport System That Was Ahead of Its Time
by It seems we have rediscovered what electric service can do. Many of our Great-Great Grandparents envisioned and used an advanced transportation system using electric trains. These small city-to-city or city-to-beach routes will mirror the services that autonomous vehicles are anticipated to do.
300 Lives Taken With The Horrific Sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan
by On a September night in 1960 the steamer Lady Elgin and schooner Augusta collided near Winnetka Illinois with such force that they almost split each other openly. Within 20 minutes, Lady Elgin was breaking apart and sinking. The Lady Elgin disaster remains the most significant loss of life on open water in the Great Lakes history.
The Amazing Life of Alexander Henry – An English Fur Trader (And Pirate) On The Upper Great Lakes
by Alexander Henry was a fur trader, merchant, militia commander, and novelist who lived during the American Revolutionary War. His exploits were legendary during the war between France and England over control of the Great Lakes region.
Steamship City of Detroit III – A Floating Masterpiece
by Once the largest side-wheel steamer on the Great Lakes, The City of Detroit III operated from 1912 until 1950.
Domestic Terror – The 1927 Bath Michigan School Bombing
by On a spring day on May 18, 1927, a defeated school board member set off a chain of explosions in Bath Township, Michigan. The resulting carnage destroyed his farm and destroyed the Bath Consolidated School. The blasts killed 38 elementary school children and six adults and injured at least 58 others. This domestic terror incident remains the top school massacre in United States history and is ranked 11th deadliest in the world.
Spring Break – The Strange But True Story Of How A MSU Professor Created A College Rite of Passage 62 Years Ago
by An MSU professor wrote a book entitled Where the Boys Are. The subsequent movie made the yearly college Spring Break a cultural phenomenon for over 50 years.
Henry Ford’s Village Industries Experiment
by Starting in 1919, Henry Ford’s village industries was an exploration of sites that could be set up for small factories primarily throughout Southeast Michigan
When Michigan Was Still A Wilderness – 1841 Michigan Map
by An Early Map of Michigan Shorty After Statehood The 1841 Michigan Map by H. S. Tanner is a unique print. Printed a few years after Michigan became a state this …
Early Days at Grindstone City
by Captain Aaron Peer founded Grindstone City as a company with quarry operations in 1834.
Peer, is one of the earliest settlers of Huron County and holds title to many of the “firsts” in the Upper Thumb.