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I go to the baking isle in the grocery store and see all the little blue and white boxes of Jiffy Mix. They remind me of the grain elevator/plant in Chelsea where it is produced. It’s like a giant box of Jiffy Mix. It is nice to have products made in the USA but it
This old building that looks like a stone motel was the old Echo Valley Resort. It overlooks Johannesburg Lake and is now part of the Louis M. Groen Nature Preserve. I am not sure when it closed, but it must have been really special to stay in it back in the day. Thank you for
I saw this little barn in the town of Rosebush, a few miles north of Mount Pleasant, and like so many other barns in the area, it has a round or arched roof. The Round roof gained popularity in the 1920’s after WWI as it was found to have more room for storing hay and
This old General Store sits in Huron City near the tip of the Thumb. It was built in 1885 after the great fire of 1881 that swept through the forests of the Thumb. It closed in the 1950s and is now part of the Huron City Museum. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan,
The remnants of the old Halliwell mine can be found in the Porcupine Mountains. South of the visitor’s center on S. Boundry Road is where the mine once stood after it was constructed in 1895. The mine sunk two vertical shafts but it never made a profit and closed in 1908. After the mine closed
This old house stands in Flint near Powers Catholic High School. The school was originally the Michigan School For the Deaf. A historical marker stands next to the house and reads: The Superintendent’s Cottage, completed in 1890, is the oldest building on the campus of the Michigan School for the Deaf. With the exception of
The Legs Inn, in the town of Cross Village, is named for the stove legs that trim the roofline. It is a popular stop along M-119 at the north end of the Tunnel of Trees. The building was built by Stanley Smolak. He came to the United States in 1912 from Poland and settled in
When you hear the words “the thing” you probably think of John Carpenter’s movie from 1982 staring Kurt Russell, but that’s not what this post is about. Outside of Memphis (Michigan of course, I am not that lost that I am in Tennessee) is a historical marker for ” The Thing” It marks the location
The White River Lighthouse is at the mouth of the White River on Lake Michigan near Whitehall. Construction of the lighthouse began on August 28, 1875. It was a common design used on the Great Lakes including, McGulpin Point near Mackinaw City and Eagle Harbor in the Keweenaw. The lighthouse was deactivated in the 1960s
Little Girls Point is a county park that stands along the Lake Superior shoreline west of Ironwood. A stone shed stands in the middle of the park. I am not exactly sure what it is used for, maybe an old well pump house. It is a beautiful place to stop for a picnic and watch
