The historic Eaton Center Church stands southeast of Charlotte. The historical marker next to it gives some fascinating history. It reads: On November 30, 1878, the local Methodist class purchased land for a church from Benjamin and Catherine Spotts for twenty-five dollars. Church men cut and hewed the logs for the building. The Reverend B.
The town of Indian River sits at the southern end of Burt Lake. At the south end of town, it is hard to miss this giant metal sturgeon sculpture. The 32 foot long fish was sculpted by Tom Moran of Moran Iron Works, with help from the students of Onaway’s Industrial Arts Institute. Thank you
Along the Lake Michigan shoreline is a historical marker near the town of Thompson. It marks the spot where the “Christmas Tree Ship” sailed from with a load of pine trees for Chicago. One of the last shipping schooners to sail the Great Lakes was the Rouse Simmons. The three-masted schooner was built in 1868
Parady Park sits in downtown Nashville Michigan located somewhat between Lansing and Kalamazoo. The park is named in honor of Emory Parady. He was born in New York in 1844 and was one of twenty-seven men from the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment who rode with the two detectives tracking John Wilkes Booth after the
There is not a whole lot in the small Upper Peninsula town of Covington. Some houses, a post office, a beautiful church, and an old general store can be found in the town located near the junction of M-28 and 141. John Lyons was the first postmaster in 1895 and he named the town for
This faded green two-story school sits empty in the town of Copemish. It was built in 1910 replacing a school that burned down in a fire on the same site. There were not enough elementary students to utilize the second floor. It was used as a high school and a gymnasium was built next to
I was roaming around Marshall Michigan admiring all the old historic homes when I came across this pale yellow house blanketed in golden Autumn leaves. I figured it was an important house with the historical marker standing in the front yard. It reads: Oliver C. Comstock Jr. (1806-1895) built this Gothic Revival house between 1849
This white chapel with green shutters stands among the farmland north of Niles Michigan. The Morris Chapel Church was built in 1867 and was named in honor of Methodist Episcopal Bishop Thomas A. Morris. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you have not subscribed yet, It would mean a lot to me
Crisp Point Lighthouse stands along a remote and wooded section of the Lake Superior Shoreline. It is about 15 miles west of the Whitefish Point Lighthouse. Crisp Point Lighthouse was built in 1903 and decommissioned in 1993 and is now the property of Luce County and maintained by the Crisp Point Light Historical Society. The
I saw this old building in the small town of Lincoln west of Harrisville. It is rather intriguing with the tall tower covered in tar paper. I am not sure what it was originally used for. It looks like it was a grain elevator or maybe something for the railroad years ago but I am
