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. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you
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
Northwest of downtown Mt.Pleasant is a quiet little cemetery. The historical marker standing in it reads: In the 1850s, the Methodist Episcopal (Indian) Church established the Bradley Mission School and Indian Cemetery in this area. The cemetery served the mission until the late 1860s. Only a few grave markers are visible, and it is not
After the 1836 Treaty of Washington opened up the land for Europeans, Irish immigrants settled the area north of Grand Rapids. By 1844, it is estimated that 20-30 Irish families were settled in the area now known as Parnell. The town was named after Irish political leader Charles Stewart Parnell. The community came together to
The tracks are gone, and a rail trail for biking and hiking remains where they used to be. Autumn trees of reds and yellows stand alongside the path with memories of the tragic forest fire that burned the town of Metz. The historical marker in Metz reads: On October 15, 1908, raging fires swept
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I was passing through the small town of Applegate in the thumb and this little building caught my eye. The sign on the front reads: APPLEGATE FIRE DEPT. MUSEUM STATION NO. 1 EST 1914. There is a newer fire station down the street. This was the original fire station. I can still imagine the old
West of Escanaba I came across this old store, or at least what is left of it. The empty store looks like it closed several years ago and is surrounded by a few houses. It’s about all that remains of the old town of Wilson in the Upper Peninsula. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost
Somewhere north of Tawas I saw this old dilapidated wooden structure. From a distance, it looked like an old barn. As I got closer to it I could see the windows, or at least opening for windows, and a brick chimney. I figured it must have been a house. The walls are not talking so
This beautiful average looking wooden two-story house, in a quiet neighborhood of Owosso, is where Thomas Dewey was raised. Most people probably would have never remembered the name Dewey if it was not for the Chicago Daily Tribune boldly printing the headline DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. Thomas Dewey who was born in 1902 and raised in
