Thank you all so much for taking the time to read my posts. I have been blessed to have all of you follow my journey around Michigan. I would not be able to do my website without your support and kindness.
I wanted to let you know that Calendars, T-Shirts, and Jigsaw Puzzles are 50% OFF today in my Zazzle store with coupon code: CYBERMONDEAL at checkout.
You can see my online Zazzle store by clicking HERE
Once again Lost in Michigan volume 1 is part of Amazon’s special promotion. If you purchase 3 books in a special category you can get one of the books for FREE.
I know many of you already have Lost In Michigan books and I thank you very much. There are a lot of great Michigan books available to choose from. If you are looking for books to explore Michigan or gifts for your friends and family, now is a good time to get them. I am not sure how long this special offer will last.
Here is a list of affiliate links for books that qualify for the 3 for the price of 2 special offer from Amazon.
Michigan Ghost Towns: Of the Upper Peninsula
Company Towns of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Abandoned Southern Michigan: Skeletons of Industry
Oddball Michigan: A Guide to 450 Really Strange Places (Oddball series)
Historic Photos of University of Michigan
Little Michigan: A Nostalgic Look at Michigan’s Smallest Towns
100 Things to Do in Traverse City Before You Die (100 Things to Do Before You Die)
Spooky Michigan: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
Off Color: The Violent History of Detroit’s Notorious Purple Gang
Haunted Michigan: Recent Encounters with Active Spirits
Tiger Stadium: Essays and Memories of Detroit’s Historic Ballpark
Michigan Motivations: A Year of Inspiration with the University of Michigan Wolverines
The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s West Coast
The Legend of Michigan (Myths, Legends, Fairy and Folktales)
Lake Superior Rocks & Minerals
Biking Northern Michigan: The Best & Safest Routes in the Lower Peninsula
You can see all the 3 for the price of 2 items HERE
Lost In Michigan wall calendars and T-Shirts are ON SALE at Zazzle.com HERE
Calendars are 50% OFF and T-shirts are 40% OFF with code HOLIDAYGIFTZ at checkout.
Thank you so much to all of my friends and fans who have purchases books, calendars, and shirts over the years. They help me with expenses to do this website. I hope you enjoy reading my daily posts. I have lots more interesting places to visit in Michigan and hope to continue posting about locations for you to visit and learn about.
Safe Travels and Thank you for your support,
Mike Sonnenberg
The short version of the story is two sizes of Lost In Michigan wall calendars are available on Zazzle.com HERE
The longer version of the story is with covid and the issues I had with the Post Office losing several of my packages, and not doing presentations or bazaars, I have decided not to print my own calendars this year. I found that Zazzle.com can print and ship calendars for me. It is not ideal and the pricing is higher than what I prefer but they usually have coupon codes to lower the price. It’s not what I wanted but I have had people ask me about wall calendars so if you want one you can order them from Zazzle.com HERE Note: There are two different sizes, an 8.5×11 and an 11×14
Thank you all so much for your support. Your kindness has meant a lot to me over the years I have been doing my website. I have met so many wonderful people in person or virtually. I do my best to post things you will enjoy reading and although things have changed this year I am continuing doing what I have been and that is exploring Michigan and finding interesting places and stories to share.
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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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.
I saw this old stone building or house or whatever it was in a field not far from Otsego Lake near Gaylord. On the side, there is a short wide door. I am not sure if that leads to a cellar or maybe a troll lived here. I figure that is a clue as to what this old building was used for but I do not know what that was.
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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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