I saw this old schoolhouse in the community of Loomis east of Clare near U.S.-10. The town was originally named Buchtel with A station on the Pere Marquette railroad and post office. The name changed in 1871 when Erastus G. Loomis, George W. Wise and E. F. Gould built a sawmill and general store and
As I am writing this post most of Michigan is under a winter storm warning with temperatures expected to plummet well below zero. I was going through my photos with plans of showing a winter pic, but then I came across this photo I took on one of the hottest days last summer. It is the Holland
Enormous concrete buildings stand desolate and quietly in a remote part of the Upper Peninsula. They were part of the Fiborn Quarry built in the early 1900s. The Fiborn Limestone Co. at its peak had two locomotives and a small town of 75 people that worked for the quarry. It operated until the 1930s when
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Built by Henry & Luella Clements in 1890 on Historic Center Ave in Bay City. Henry worked with his father James and brother William at Industrial Works, designers of a rail-mounted shovel and cranes employed at the Chicago Columbian Exposition and the Panama Canal. His house is unusual in Bay City because it is one of
In southern Midland county near the Saginaw county border, just north of Merrill, is the Jam store in the town of Jam Michigan. It sounds like someplace you would go to get some delicious spread to put on Spatz bread, but I found out the name is actually the initials of the first postmaster of
Ships sailing along Lake Huron between Port Huron and the tip of the Thumb in the early 1800s had few places to seek refuge from the gales of November. Or any storm that whips up for that matter. A small harbor helped in Harbor Beach, but It was decided in the mid-1800s to build a
On US-10 between Reed City and Baldwin is the small town of Chase. In the center of town is this old concrete store. No, I don’t mean that they sell concrete, but that it is made from poured concrete. I took this photo a while ago and did not think much about it. One day while
I saw this old farmhouse way back in a field near Posen. If you don’t know where Posen is located in Michigan, it’s between Alpena and Rogers City. I had to zoom in to get a photo of it since I don’t trespass. I find the old farmhouses mesmerizing even though I grew up in the
In the town of Saranac, near Ionia, I saw this old wooden barn and had to take a photo of it. I have seen many barns like this where an earthen ramp leads to a door, with another door down below in the foundation. For those of you that have followed my posts for a
