The Steiner Pioneer and Logging Museum sits along M-33 north of Fairview in the northeast Lower Peninsula. The Old North Fairview School sits on the museum’s property to remind people of a time when kids went to one room schoolhouses. The log school was built in 1895 and it was moved to the museum to
Before the Zilwaukee bridge was opened to traffic in December of 1987 a draw bridge was built over the Saginaw River for I-75. It opened daily for the Niagara nicknamed “The Sandsucker” It sucked sand off the bottom of Lake Huron for the General Motors Iron Foundry and traveled to Saginaw nearly every day. When
Ogemaw Springs sits next to the railroad tracks northwest of West Branch. It was the main source of water for the town that is named after it. The spring was also used as a source of water for the steam trains that were used during the lumbering era of the late 1800s. In 1875 Ogemaw
I saw this old general store in the small town of Oak Grove. It’s located north of Howell on an old mill pond. The town was originally called Chemungville. When the post office was established in 1859 the name was changed to Oak Grove. A few houses and buildings still stand in the small town.
Island Park is located near downtown Mt. Pleasant where the Chippewa River flows around it. At the north end of the park is the Michigan Vietnam Vets Memorial and it honors those who served from Michigan. There is 16 plaques featuring 2705 of Michigan’s casualties, MIA’s, and POW’s. The memorial was officially dedicated as a
The VA hospital in Saginaw is the only one in the Unites States of America named in honor of a woman, and that would be the Aleda E. Lutz V.A. Medical Center. Born in 1915 in Freeland. a graduate of the Saginaw General Nursing School, she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in November
In the woods northwest of Oscoda is the Indian Mission Cemetery south of Mikado. Rows of white wooden crosses stand in the cemetery and most have the word “unknown” carved into them. I large black stone monument list the names of the known veterans and the war that they served in. At the top is
The North Shore Boat Launch is located north of downtown Escanaba. Next to it is an old Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad facility. A line of old locomotives sit on tracks next to the boat launch parking lot. The facility is not accessible to the public but you can see all of the old locomotives
I saw this old house standing on a hill in farm country near Cadillac. I don’t know what its story is, but it looks as if it has seen better days. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you have not subscribed yet, It would mean a lot to me if you did.
I saw this old house in Idlewild. It looks to have seen better days. Idlewild is a strange place to drive through. It was once a vibrant and bustling resort community for African Americans in the days of segregation. Today a few people still live there but there are several empty and abandoned homes. Thank
