The Best Stories, Sites and Fun From Around the Great Lakes State.
Michigan is a vast state. You can start at the southern border just north of Toledo, Ohio, drive a solid 10 hours to reach Ironwood, Michigan, and never leave the state. So it’s essential to be prepared for winter driving and emergencies when traveling in some of the more remote areas of the state.
Shipping losses prompted Congress to authorize legislation for constructing the US Life Saving Stations into operation on the Great Lakes in 1854.
At their height, Michigan had 46 Life Saving Stations across the Great Lakes.
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!
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.
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.
Once the largest side-wheel steamer on the Great Lakes, The City of Detroit III operated from 1912 until 1950.
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.
Mid-winter, the Michigan coyote is looking for love. Those midnight howls are coyote love songs and signal that matting season is here on Valentine’s Day.
Once the female coyotes have selected a mate, the pair can be in a couple for two to three months before mating. Even in locations with high coyote numbers and enough food, the Michigan coyote remains monogamous.
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
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 …
