November 2015 - Lost In Michigan

The Davidson House in Port Huron – Michigan Historical Marker

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses, Michigan Historical Markers .

This excellent Queen Anne Style house, completed in 1890 was the residence of Wilbur F. Davidson until his death in 1913. Born in Adrian in 1852, Davidson opened a Port Huron dry goods store in 1882. The next year he installed in the store the first electric light plant in St. Clair County. Much of the rest of his business career was with public and private electrical utilities. Davidson’s daughter lived in the family home until 1951. In 1972 the building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Lost In Michigan Calendars are back in stock and On SALE

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Uncategorized .

Calendars make a great gift for all your Michigan friends, I got some more after running out of the first run I had printed. Now is the perfect time to order while they are on sale and in stock so you will have them in before Christmas. you can get one HERE

Thank you to everyone who got one already, the calendar sales help me with expenses to do this website and it really means a lot to me that you like what I do enough to purchase one.

The Haunted Silos of DeHoCo

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Forgotten Places, Haunted Places .

Traversing the back roads of Southeastern Michigan I stumbled upon this group of old abandoned silos on the corner of 5 Mile and Ridge road in Plymouth Township. I see old barns and silos all around Michigan and wonder about their history, unfortunately, I rarely find out anything and it remains a mystery. With this strange group of silos, I did find some interesting info. Doing some research on the internets I found some references to the “Haunted Silos” which claims the silos were part of a prison farm built by the Detroit House of Corrections and the silos were part of a large complex built in 1920. The complex was used until a new prison was built down the road in 1931. I don’t know if it’s haunted, but I can see why it got the moniker if it was part of an abandoned correctional facility.

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