This beautiful victorian era “painted lady” stands on a hill in Romeo. It was built by Ransom B. Moore in 1871. At the time it was constructed, it was the most expensive house in Romeo.
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This old truck sits along antique alley in the Groen Nature Preserve. It is one of the pieces of equipment left over from the old sawmill town that once stood in the preserve. It looks like it has been a long time since this old truck has hauled anything. I am sure when it was new someone was proud to own it. Looking at today’s trucks it’s hard to imagine there was a time when these old workhorses where hi-tech.
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This old barn with Mail Pouch Tabacco advertising painted on the side is somewhere near Otter Lake. West Virginia Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company started barn advertising in 1891. Barn owners were paid between $1 and $2 a year for the advertisement or about $20–40 today. Besides money, they received a new coat of paint over the entire barn. Mail Pouch painted their message on one or two sides of the barn and painted the other sides of the barn any color the owner wished. Many of the barns were repainted every few years to maintain the sharp colors of the lettering. By the early 1960s, about 20,000 Mail Pouch barns were spread across 22 states. There are only a few Mail Pouch barns still standing in Michigan. There is a severely faded one in Saginaw County near SVSU and one near Hillsdale.
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This old church stands quietly in the town of Harlan located in northern Michigan east of Copemish. In the 1880s the railroad was originally going to go through the nearby town of Cleon. Because of the steep grades and sharp curves they decided to run through the town of Harlan instead. It gave the town a boost in population. Having several stores a blacksmith shop and a hotel, the town prospered until the railroad no longer stopped in the little town. By the 1950s most of the businesses had closed. Not much remains in Harlan but this old church and a few houses.
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I was out roaming the backroads around Lakeview and I came across the old Dickerson Whitsell Cemetery. Maybe I am a little strange, but I think these old cemeteries with their ancient headstones are beautiful. It is especially nice with a blanket of freshly fallen leaves. I was not able to find out any history on the old cemetery, but I do find it, and other old graveyards fascinating. I think you can get a good sense of the history of an area by the graveyards of the people who settled in the area years ago.
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Northwest of Owosso this old grain elevator stands quietly along the railroad tracks in the small town of Carland. I don’t have a story to go with it, I just like the way it looks with the hand pained sign on the front of it.
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The Boekelodge is in the southern part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The cabin was originally built in the 1930’s and then left abandoned after a few years. In 1945, the cabin was purchased by the Boekeloo family and updated. A canal was dug from the Platte River to flood the low-lying areas for a cranberry bog. The cabin overlooks a pond and is now owned by the National Park Service. A seasonal road off M-22 leads back to the cabin where you can hike the area including a trail that goes to Lake Michigan. It’s a lesser-known part of the National Lakeshore, and you have to know where to find Boekeloo Road, since there is no sign along M-22 telling visitors there is a lodge hidden in the woods. You can find more info and a detailed location of the Boekelodge and many other interesting locations in Lost In Michigan Volume 3 available on Amazon HERE
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The Salem Walker Cemetery is a historic cemetery west of Northville. The first burial in the Salem Walker Cemetery took place in 1834 after the land was donated by Ira Ham and early settler. I don’t have any spooky stories to tell about it, I just thought it looked beautiful blanketed in the freshly fallen autumn leaves.
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Along the Grand River in Fitzgerald Park are these magnificent rock outcroppings and cliffs. They truly are grand ledges and give the town they are located in its name. I find it strange that I have lived in Michigan for a half-century and have explored many places and I just now visited this wonderful place. I felt like I was hiking in the northwestern Upper Peninsula instead of the Central Lower Peninsula. If you are looking for someplace to explore, you need to check out the Grand Ledges for yourself, because you can’t capture its breathtaking beauty in a photograph.
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A saw this old barn somewhere between Elk Rapids and Charlevoix. I don’t know any history or stories about it, I just liked it and stopped for a photo on a nice Autumn day. I have learned that when Mother Nature gives you a nice day in October to take advantage of it because there are not a lot of them and nice weather is in short supply until spring.
Thank you all for taking the time to read my posts I hope you enjoy seeing someplace random from around Michigan every day.
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