Muskegon has many beautiful old historic buildings and one of my favorites is the Hackley Public Library. The Historical marker in fron of the magnificent stone building reads: On May 25, 1888, Muskegon lumber baron Charles H. Hackley announced that he would donate a library to the city. Hackley stipulated that the facility be “forever maintained
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When I was in the Keweenaw Peninsula leaving the Henka homestead historical site I saw this tower. It was on a road called Tower Road so I can only assume the tower has been there a while and they named the road after it. I figure it is or was a fire tower. I am
I visited the Pere Cheney cemetery several years ago when I started Lost In Michigan. I happened to be in the area so I figured I should stop by and see how it looks since I visited last. I was happy to see a stone monument near the entrance with a little bit of history
A saw this old barn somewhere between Elk Rapids and Charlevoix. I don’t know any history or stories about it, I just liked it and stopped for a photo on a nice Autumn day. I have learned that when Mother Nature gives you a nice day in October to take advantage of it because there
Some claim that this historic library in Belding is haunted. They do not know who it is that haunts the Alvah N. Belding Library, but according to the internets when doing a little googling some say that they have heard children laughing in the children’s section when nobody is around. I don’t know about this
Walking around just about any town in Michigan and looking down at a manhole cover you most likely will see East Jordan Iron Works cast onto it. If you have ever been through the Jordan Valley in Michigan it’s hard to miss the massive foundry in the town of East Jordan. The company was founded
This brick school is located on Ferry Street in the southwestern Michigan city of Niles. The historical marker standing next to it reads: Constructed in 1867 at a cost of nearly $3,000, the Ferry Street School opened in January, 1868 as Niles’s school for “colored children.” In 1870 the Niles school system was integrated, and
The Glen Haven Canning Co. building sits along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the small town of Glen Haven a few miles away from Glen Arbor. The canning company building was originally used as a warehouse supplying ships and fishing vessels. In the 1920’s it was used to can cherries. I assume that is when
The Pigeon Depot was constructed in 1908 and served two railroad lines. In 1883 the Pontiac, Oxford and Port Austin Railroad, a north-south line, had been extended to Caseville and a depot was built at Berne, one mile north of here. Around 1886 the Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad built tracks through the Tamarack Swamp
