News History & Fun in Michigan
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A vintage postcard view shows the Huron Shores Club House in Forester — a big, bright building with a long screened porch and room for a crowd. What memories do you have of Huron Shores or Forester back in the day?
A Michigan Central freight train lies wrecked on the Haak Branch in 1912 — and the note on the back says the writer jumped clear while the engineer had to be pulled out.
A rare look at the Fraser House after the fire that emptied the hotel into the winter night — and changed downtown Bay City’s skyline.
A postcard labeled ‘Residence’ shows a Port Austin home that later became Questover — and today welcomes guests as 85ten Boutique Hotel & Events
A labeled postcard gives us a rare look inside the Coaster Craft Corp. factory in Port Austin, Michigan.
A crate-loaded wagon pulls up to H.C. Clabuesch’s City Drugstore in Sebewaing, in a photo labeled 1909 — a reminder of when pharmacies doubled as community general stores.
Two Michigan Central freight trains met head-on at Denmark Junction in 1916, shattering a quiet night north of Vassar. Vintage photos and reports capture the moment when steel, steam, and fate collided on rural rails.
