Out near Caro in the Thumb is the town of Wahjamega, which I always thought was a native American name, but the name Wahjamega is an acronym from the initials of three partners who operated a sawmill here: William A Heartt, James A. Montgomery, and Edgar George Avery. The started the mill in 1852 and
Rather than bore you with facts about the lighthouse, I figure I would tell you a story about my first trip there back in the mid 90’s. I know it was the mid 90’s because my wife and I had a 92 Ford Explore and an old camper, and were camping in July at Burt
I drive by this old Farmhouse on M46 near Breckenridge frequently, and I always wonder what its story is. I imagine there was a nice hardworking family living there, and at night they must have sat around the TV watching Jackie Gleason while the house protected them from the harsh Michigan winters. Why TV, because
Built in 1880 in Grand Rapids, on the bank of the Grand River, Engine House No. 5 served the community with a horse-drawn steam pumper and a hose cart. At the time of her construction, she gleamed in white brick with red courses, towered and turreted in almost Byzantine splendor. When it was built, horse-drawn
I needed to go to Bay City this past week and that day we had some snow, so instead of taking 75 I drove the back roads figuring the highway would be slow going. As I crossed over the expressway I seen the long line of cars and tucks slowly moving along the slushy salt
I woke up this morning to a beautiful site of magical snow covered trees, I love getting photos with freshly fallen snow, but I wish I had a teleporter thingy like in Star Trek so I could beam myself to different locations around the State. I love taking photos around my hometown of Saginaw in
A native of New York, contractor Charles G. Learned helped build New York City’s water-works system and the Erie Canal. Around 1837 Learned and his brother-in-law purchased several thousand acres of pine land in Michigan’s Thumb area. Two years later, Learned and his wife, Maria Raymond, came to Port Austin and bought a house and
I just found out that the Coast Guard is looking at removing the Fresnel lens from the Tawas Point Lighthouse and moving the light to the fog signal tower farther down the point. the Coast Guard press release is HERE . The current lighthouse was completed in 1876 and still currently guides ships into Tawas Bay with
Traveling down 5 mile in Plymouth township I came across this complex surrounded by razor wire, and I knew this was not your typical abandoned motor-court. I stopped and took a few pics ( I got some from the parking lot, I don’t trespass ) and then when I got home I found out it
Between Bay City and Freeland, German missionary Pastor Ferdinand Sievers organized St. John Church in June 1852 to serve a colony of German migrants, some fleeing the turmoil that followed the European revolutions of 1848. Initially, the church met in a log cabin that once housed recent arrivals to the colony of Amelith. In 1870 a
