Peter DeWitt Bush (1818-1913), the second permanent resident of the village of Caro, donated the site for the village courthouse square in 1866. Then he, along with two other pioneer settlers, moved an old frame church to the site to serve as the county’s first courthouse. In 1873 the county replaced the former church with
I saw this old house on Marlette road with a cross in the yard between Marlette and Cliffford Michigan. It’s hard to read in the photo, but I could make out Donna carved into the cross. Who was Donna, did she live here? did she die in a roadside accident and someone put up a
Beautiful downtown Clinton on a gorgeous sunny day in Lenawee county
I saw this beautiful old second empire mansion in Lapeer. I looks like it has been converted into apartments now, but doing a little research on google, I found some websites that say it was the old Lapeer Hospital. I am surprised a house like this does not have a Michigan Historical Marker in front
Methodism in Marlette dates back to 1851 when the first religious sermon in the county was delivered for the Methodist Society. In 1858 the Methodist Episcopalians organized a church. There first minister, the Reverend D.W. Hammond, came to Marlette in 1873. He started the Marlette Indexnewspaper five years later. The original 1871 church burned in 1901.
I can just imagine a family in the 30’s and 40’s living in Detroit loading up in the old car (new at the time, but old to me) and driving west down Michigan Avenue. Heading out to the Irish Hills for the day to see the sight at the top of the Irish Hills Towers.
Congrats to Ludington State Park for Winning the March Madness Poll It’s been a long road with over 100 state parks competing, but we are down to the final two parks voted into the Championship Round. They are definitely worthy of being in the final round, and it will be hard to chose. Vote for
It’s hard to miss this beautiful red grain elevator in the small town of Clifford in the middle of Michigan’s Thumb. I was doing a little research on it. I did not find much, but I found this pic of what it used to look like HERE. Amazing what a little hard work and some
Voting for this round is complete, vote for the Champion HERE Now we are down to the final four parks from the winners of the Top 8 round, thank you to the thousands of you that voted. These matchups should be interesting, it’s gonna be hard to pick between them, they are all such
It’s the first day of spring in Michigan, I am hoping we have some nice weather since it was such a long cold winter. I took this pic a few years ago at Dow Gardens in Midland.
