Lost In Michigan Volume 1 is ON SALE at Amazon for $8.94 HERE I am not sure how long the sale will last since I have no control over what Amazon does but I thought I would let you know if you wanted to pick up a copy for yourself or a friend. Thank you
A few miles west of Ovid along M-21 is a brick marker that stands next to a party store. I am sure many motorists have zoomed on past this brick monument a sculpture of a football and shoe on top of it. to . It marks a significant event in the state’s history and the
This massive white brick house with tan trim stands in Saginaw Washington Avenue in The Grove neighborhood near city hall. A small red sign with the words “The Home” stands in front of it, and It is curious that it has two entryways. The house was built by Timothy B. Corning in 1872 at a
The Cheboygan Crib Light stands proudly at the mouth of the Cheboygan River, looking over the Straights of Mackinac, remembering the time it once stood out there in the open waters, guiding ships and sailors safely thru the straights. The Light was originally built in Lake Huron in 1884 on a “crib”, (an artificial-island landfill)
It’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about next year and publish my Lost In Michigan wall calendar. The are available on Zazzle HERE. Thank you all so much to all of you that have purchased a calendar throughout the years. Your kindness and support really means a lot to me. I
When I was a teenager, the place to hang out was the Mall. Now that I am older I don’t go to the mall that often since the type of stores in the mall “ain’t my cup of tea” as they say, and the arcade is gone also. I did find the Sparr Mall northeast
On this date a few years ago, I was heading home from a long trip around the U.P. As I was crossing the big green bridge, the Stars And Strips were proudly flying on one of the twin towers of the bridge. At the moment I saw the flag I remembered that it was 9-11.
The magnificent looking Van Buren County Courthouse stands in the city of Paw Paw. Construction began in 1901 and took a year and a half to complete. It replaced an earlier courthouse that is now the Paw Paw City Hall. The town of Paw Paw got its name from the Paw Paw river that flows
I found very little information on the town of Watson, even though the general store, a house, and a couple of buildings still remain standing in the long forgotten community. Watson is nestled in the south-east corner of Marquette County on road 426. Walter Romig’s Michigan Place Names say that it was a “mail distributing point” in
A Michigan historical marker stands near downtown Bay City and reminds us of a time when lumberjacks and sawmill workers labored for little pay and long hours. It reads: When Bay City’s sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be 12 to 25 percent lower than in 1884. On July 6,
This beautiful fieldstone house stands along M-25 north of Harbor Beach in front of the Marina. It was built by James Grice who came to the Thumb in the 1860s from England. The house survived the great fire of 1881 and remained in the family until the 1960s when it was acquired by the city
