July 2019 - Page 2 of 2 - Lost In Michigan

Munising Falls

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in upper peninsula, Waterfalls .

A few miles northeast of Munising Is the Munising Falls. It is a beautiful waterfall that is fed by a spring a couple of miles upstream. The water cascades over the stone cliff as it flows into Lake Superior. A parking lot and visitor’s center is located on Sand Point Road and it is a beautiful walk to see the waterfall. If you are in the area be sure to check them out. One of my favorite things to do in the Upper Peninsula is looking for waterfalls. Some are easily accessible and some are hidden deep in the woods. If you like waterfalls be sure to check out www.gowaterfalling.com they have a lot of great info about the many waterfalls in Michigan. you can find their website HERE

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Starkweather Hall

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Schools .

Starkweather Hall is a religious and educational building located on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is the oldest building on EMU’s campus. Philanthropist Mary Ann Starkweather bequeathed $10,000 to construct the building for a religious center. When it was constructed, it was the only religious center at any teacher’s college in the United States. After construction, it was leased to the University’s Students’ Christian Association.

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A Light In The Storm

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Lighthouses .

For those of us who have lived in Michigan a long time we know not to rely too much on the weather forecast, especially if they say it is gonna be nice a sunny tomorrow. Inevitably tomorrow gets here and the weather is less than ideal. When I am up north and it’s cold and raining I like to go ” into town ” and on this particular day I took a trip to Charlevoix. The light at the end of the pier is probably not the most ascetically pleasing of lights on the Great Lakes, but I imagine to the sailors caught in a storm, seeing the beacon shining on a gloomy day was a welcomed sight. I take a lot of photos of lighthouses, and my favorites are pics on stormy days. I figure that is the purpose of a lighthouse, and it’s the friends that stick around on those not so perfect days that you can rely on.

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I’m Back, I Hope

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Uncategorized .

I have been in the process of moving my website to a different server. I think I have everything up and running again. It was a long and nerve-wracking process but hopefully, It’s over and I can get back to posting on a regular basis.

This is my first post on the new server and if you got your email then it’s working. Thank you all for subscribing and I hope you enjoy getting your email. I do my best to post random stuff from around Michigan that I think you will find interesting.

If you are wondering about the pic in this post it is an old barn near Lupton. It has nothing to do with the post, I just liked the photo.

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The Other Sister

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Ships and Boats .

Most people are familiar with the S.S. Badger car ferry that traverses Lake Michigan from Ludington to Wisconsin. few know that she has a twin sister the S.S. Spartan that is tied up in Ludington near where the Badger loads and unloads vehicles in Ludington. It was built in 1950 along with its sister ship. C&O Railroad that owned the ferries usually named them after cities such as The City of Milwaukee but they decided that fewer feelings would be hurt if the twin ferries were named Spartan and Badger, after the mascots of Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin.

by the late 1970s ferry service was declining and C&O was going to lease the Spartan to the Ann Arbor Railroad to sail out of Frankfort but the harbor was too shallow for the large ship. Since 1980 she has been tied up to the slip in Ludington and used for parts to keep the old steam-powered Badger running.

If you are in Ludington and the badger is sailing across Lake Michigan you can always see her twin who is faithfully waiting for her sister to return.

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Eaton County Courthouse

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in courthouses, Michigan Historical Markers .

The Eaton County Courthouse Square is a rare Michigan example of an intact nineteenth-century government complex. The showplace of the square, the stately Renaissance Revival courthouse built in 1883-85, was designed by D.W. Gibbs & Company of Toledo, Ohio. The interior features several marbleized slate fireplaces, stained glass and native butternut trim. A cast zinc statue of Justice crowns the building and towers above the city. On July 4, 1894, fire destroyed much of the courthouse. The structure was rebuilt almost exactly to the original plans. The 1873 Second Empire sheriff’s residence, built with an attached jail, is one of only a few of its age remaining in the state. The courthouse square is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Earhart Manor

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Houses .

Oil tycoon Harry Boyd Earhart and his wife Carrie built this mansion near Ann Arbor. The house was completed in 1936 and featured Pewabic tile created for the Earharts by Marry Chase Perry Stratton. The Lutheran Church ~ Missouri Synod purchased 234 acres of the Harry and Carrie Earhart estate in 1961 to construct the campus of Concordia College. The four-year liberal arts college opened in 1963. The manor initially served as a student activity center and housed faculty offices Although. Much of the original house remains intact, including decorative plaster, hardware, crystal chandeliers, and the Pewabic tile elements: two “medieval” family crests, a metallic-glazed tile fountain, and the master bathroom.

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Muskegon Women’s Club

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Michigan Historical Markers .

The Muskegon Woman’s Club was founded in 1890, and dedicated to the intellectual “improvement and development” of women. The Chicago firm of Weir and Perry designed this neo classical structure, built in 1902 with funds donated by Minnie Smith, the widow of Muskegon attorney Francis Smith. The club lobbied the city to hire the first police woman, held performances and worked with charitable groups such as the Red Cross and the Council of National Defense.

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The Ghost Town of Porter Michigan

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Ghost towns .

I like traveling down roads that run next to a river, and while I was traveling along next to the Pine River in southern Midland county I came across what looks like an old service station. When I checked on Google maps, it had the name of Porter at that location which is the name of the township in Midland County, and according to records, there was a post office located somewhere near this old gas station. Maybe this was the post office at one time, but I am not positive about that. In 1869 Lewis K. Brewer became the first postmaster after holding an election at his home to form the township. The post office operated for almost 40 years until it closed in 1907. I guess the old farm implements and gas pump tells part of the story and the rest of the story remains lost in time.

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