There are times when words elude me and it’s difficult to express my thanks and appreciation for the people who so valiantly served in protecting our freedom. I guess in this instance I will let my photo speak for itself. The Great Lakes National Cemetery is a few miles north of Holly and borders Fagan Lake on a
I saw this tombstone for W.R. McCave with the Stars and Stripes flying next to it in an old cemetery west of Vanderbilt I am not sure who he was or his story but carved on his tombstone he was born in 1822 and died in 1904. He was also in the 8th Michigan Infantry.
McCourtie Park is in the town of Somerset Center in southern Michigan along US-12. The park was originally the estate of businessman W. H. L. McCourtie. He hired Mexican artisans George Cardoso and Ralph Corona to construct seventeen bridges on his property. They sculpted them out of concrete to look like natural wood. The house
Wolcott Mill located between Romeo and New Haven is among the oldest mills in Michigan. Built on the north branch of the Clinton River in the mid 1840s by the Arad Freeman family, early Macomb County settlers. it passed through several owners before Frederick Wolcott purchased it in 1878. The Wolcott family upgraded the business
This wooden bridge is one of several bridges and boardwalks in the Seven Bridges Nature Area. It is located between Kalkaska and Rapid City and a wonderful place to walk around and enjoy nature. If you are ever in the area and looking to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life a
I love driving around Coldwater looking at all the historic homes. This magnificent house stands not far from the downtown business district. The historical marker that stands in front of it reads This impressive Second Empire style home with a mansard roof was constructed in 1875 for Jay Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Frances.
Rows of simple wooden crosses mark the Odawa Indians laid to rest in the Middle Village Cemetery next to the historic Saint Ignatius Catholic Church. The cemetery and church are near Good Hart on M119, between Harbor Springs and Cross Village. The village is along the ” Tunnel of Trees” route that follows the shoreline
When you travel along US-41 in the Keweenaw north of Calumet in the town of Kearsarge you will see a Stone ship next to the road with a mining drill mounted on the bow for a gun. The town of Kearsarge was named after a Civil War ship of the same name by a Naval
On August 6th, 1903, the Wallace Bros. Circus’s two trains traveled from Charlotte Michigan to Lapeer. The first train stopped in Durand at 8:30 in the morning and put up a red signal to alert the second train. When the engineer applied the brakes they failed and realizing a collision was inevitable, the engineer and
Behind the shops in downtown St. Ignace is a large rock named St. Anthony’s Rock. The massive rock was formed millions of years ago and is a now-landlocked sea stack or sea chimney, geologically similar to several features on Mackinac Island, such as Arch Rock or Sugar Loaf. As with nearby Castle Rock. Legend has
