People have been asking about my next book and I am happy to announce it is finally published. You can order paperback books of Lost In Michigan Volume 4 from Amazon by clicking HERE

If you enjoyed reading my other books I am sure you will like Volume 4. Thank you all for your support. It is my book sales that help me with expenses to explore Michigan and keep looking for those interesting and often overlooked places.

If you live near Saginaw I have books at Charlin’s Book Nook in Frankenmuth and at the Antique Warehouse near Zilwaukee. I have been working on getting books into bookstores, but It has been a challenge for me as an independent publisher.

Because of Covid I don’t have any presentations or book signings planned. Hopefully, things will be back to normal sometime next year and we will be able to get together then.

Many of you have been asking about Volume 4 and I am happy to let you know it will be available soon. I just ordered my proof books and barring some unforeseen natural disaster, ( at this point what is the worst that could happen)  I hope to release it sometime around the middle of September.

Thank you all for your support over the years and all the kind comments on my books. I am looking forward to releasing Volume 4, if you liked my other books, I am sure you will enjoy this one.

This big green house with a round turret on the corner proudly stands in Dowagiac Thankfully a Michigan Historical Marker stands next to it giving a little bit of history about the home and the people who lived in it.

Businessman and farmer Charles M. Criffield (1867-1929) and his wife, Cora, (1865-1945) built this Queen-Anne style house in 1897. Fred Corber managed the construction. In 1920 the Criffields sold the house to Ethel and Harry H. Whiteley. Elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1914. Mr , Whiteley moved his family to Dowagiac in 1915 in order to buy into and manage the Dowagiac Daily News. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Harry H. Whiteley (1882-1957) used his successful Dowagiac newspaper and his position as a member of the Michigan Senate (1923-26) and the Michigan Conservation Commission (1927-48) to shape Michigan’s public land policy. He advocated for Warren Dunes and many other state parks. Sara Ethel (1882-1975), a founding member of the Samuel Felt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, led the chapter’s effort to honor veterans of World War II with a memorial highway and park.

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Getting off U.S. 23 and heading thru Ypsilanti, there is this natural flow of traffic that takes you past the world famous historic water tower then loops around down by the river near Depot Town and past the old Fire Station and EMU, and on the loop near the river is this grand old second empire building used as offices by a local law firm. Looking at the structure, it was obviously originally built as a house, and from the size of it, someone of great wealth. Searching google, it did not take long at all to find out the house was the home of Daniel L Quirk Sr, who established the First National Bank of Ypsilanti in 1864 along with the Peninsular Paper Company in 1867. The Second Empire style home was constructed in 1860 and in 1914, it was donated to the city and served as the City Hall until 1977.

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Carson City was first platted in 1866 on land owned by R. M. Abbott, Delia Miner, and Hiram T. Sherman and recorded in 1871. The first lot was sold to Thomas Scott and two nephews, John and Thomas LaDue in 1867. With the corporate name Scott & LaDue, they built a sawmill in 1868 and a grist mill in 1870. The post office from North Shade in Gratiot County was transferred here on August 3, 1868, with Hiram T. Sherman as the first postmaster. The name Carson City was given to the post office by Thomas Scott, who had been in Carson City, Nevada, during the gold and silver mining boom days. Carson City incorporated as a village in 1887 and as a city in 1960. The first mayor of Carson city was John T Hallett.

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I am back from my trip to the Upper Peninsula. 1450 miles, 750 photos, 10 days, 3 lighthouses 2 state parks, and an island (probably not the one you are thinking) along with countless bugs splatted on the front of my jeep. I Have lots of great stuff to share and new places I visited. Yes, I was socially distant, not many people go to where I go, and I am fine with that. I like the peace and quiet.

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Almost a quarter century ago a rag tag group of rebel soldiers went up against the most powerful empire in the world. People said they had a snowballs chance in H E double hockey sticks chance of beating the Redcoats.

Since winning our independence this country has ben through a lot. Massive flooding, nationwide protests for change and deadly diseases and that is only the first six months of this year. Americans can do anything when we work together.

We have sent astronauts to the moon and brought them back home safely. We bridged the two peninsulas and defeated the Nazis. I am not sure what will happen next but hopefully we will come together and help each other.

Thank you for taking the time to read my posts. I hope it brings you a little joy, knowledge or inspiration each day.

P.s.  I am finishing up my travels around the eastern side of the Upper Peninsula. I have lots of great stuff to share with you when I get back home and to some reliable internet.

Hey everyone, I know this is not my normal post and I will be getting back to sharing places from around Michigan. I wanted to let you know that Amazon has a promotion that if you purchase 3 books in a special category you can get one of the books for FREE. Lost in Michigan Volume 1 is one of the books in the 3 for the price of 2 category.

I know many of you already have Lost In Michigan book and I thank you very much. But there are a lot of great Michigan books available to choose from. If you are looking for books to explore Michigan this summer. You can see the books available HERE There is a search bar where you can search for Michigan books available for the special deal.

Some of the qualifying books are

Lost In Michigan: History and Travel Stories from an Endless Road Trip

Michigan Day Trips

Under The Radar First 50

Waterfalls of Michigan

100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die

Spooky Michigan: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

Little Michigan: A Nostalgic Look at Michigan’s Smallest Towns

Stuck in Manistique

Michigan Rocks & Minerals: A Field Guide

Moon Michigan (Travel Guide)

What’s Great about Michigan? (Our Great States)

Cheers to Michigan: A Celebration of Cocktail Culture and Craft Distillers

Lake Superior Agates: Your Way to Easily Identify Agates

Agate Hunting Made Easy: How to Really Find Lake Superior Agates

Birds of Michigan Field Guide

M Is For Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet

The Michigan Murders

Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide

Butterflies of Michigan Field Guide

Terror in Ypsilanti: John Norman Collins Unmasked

Paddle-to-the-Sea

29 Missing: The True and Tragic Story of the Disappearance of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Good Night Michigan

To get the offer you need to add 3 qualifying items to the shopping cart and Amazon will give you one for FREE at checkout. ( note: only select items qualify for the promotion)  I am not sure when the promotion will end, but I thought I would let you know about it.

If you would like to support your local book store, you can see a list of stores that sell Lost In Michigan books HERE

Walking around downtown Ann Arbor, from a distance, I saw the tower on this building which I thought was an old church, but then as I got closer I noticed the doors on the front and then realized it was an old fire station.  It is now the the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum but above the doors carved into the stonework, it reads “Engine House 1882”. it’s easy to imagine the horses coming out of those doors pulling a steam pumper galloping down the Ann Arbor streets off to fight a fire. The bell tower was used to summon volunteer fireman to the fire station to fight a fire. The fire department moved out of the old firehouse in the 1970s.

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