The City of Alpena conducts service as part of the Detroit and Cleveland line. This 285-foot 2,000 horsepower sidewheel paddlewheel started service in 1893 and could carry up to 400 passengers and freight along the D&C’s “Coast Line to Mackinaw” run.
Very little is currently available online on this huge Forestville dock. So, we turned to some genealogical information to fill in the blanks. This is… Read More »The Huge Forestville Dock and the Iron Chief Boat House
An unusual site along M-25 in Unionville Michigan makes an author stop and investigate a silver horse in a 1950 GMC 350 Dump Truck.
The Spring Log Run In spring, the winter logging operations ended and the log run to the sawmill began. In this picture two men, referred… Read More »The Lumbering Era in Caseville Michigan
From the 1830s until the 1910s, Grindstone City produced the premier grinding wheels in the United States. In 1888, the Cleveland Stone Co. Purchased the… Read More »Stone Workers at Grindstone City Michigan 1920s
Quarry Works Grindstone City in the 1920s This shot of the quarry in Grindstone City in the early 1900s reveals the basic tools used to… Read More »Quarry Works in Grindstone City 1920s
The 2012 growing season has started in Southeast Michigan, about 5 weeks ahead of schedule. Therefore, the National Weather Service for Detroit/Pontiac office will start issuing frost advisories and freeze warnings as conditions warrant.
The string of warm weather in March is unprecedented. The National Weather Service noted that
This stretch of warm weather comes on the heels of Detroit’s 5th warmest winter on record, the 12th warmest autumn, and a summer which featured July as the hottest month ever recorded in Detroit.
The National Weather Service noted that it had to go back 125 years, to 1886, to find an early-season warm spell that compares. The 1886 record occurred in April, a full month later. Needless to say, this stretch of nine consecutive 70 degree days already represents Michigan’s warmest weather and a new March record for Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw.
Below is a list of select films made in Michigan in 2011. The Michigan Film Board reported on 46 productions taking place in Michigan in… Read More »Notable Films Shot in Michigan during 2011
The Tiniest Township in Michigan: Point Aux Barques For over 100 years Pointe aux Barques has been a private community. Consisting of 900 acres with … Read More »History of Point Aux Barques
