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These early postcards capture Cheboygan when the riverfront did the heavy lifting. Steamships tied up at the dock, a canning plant and paper mill hummed nearby, and Main Street stayed crowded day after day. It’s a snapshot of a town built to move goods, not commuters.
The Winter of 2025-2026 is now underway across the upper Great Lakes region. As ice cover increases, changes in weather patterns and lake activities will be expected. This daily report provides the latest updates on ice conditions across the lakes. Lake …
The Winter of 2025-2026 is now underway across the upper Great Lakes region. As ice cover increases, changes in weather patterns and lake activity are expected. This daily report provides the latest updates on ice conditions across the lakes. Lake Superior: …
Learn how St. Helen, Michigan transformed from a bustling lumber town into a peaceful lake community and even the boyhood home of Charlton Heston.
The history of Camp Custer Michigan begins in 1917, when farmland near Battle Creek became a massive Army training center. Its soldiers, nurses, hospitals, and barracks shaped two world wars and left a lasting mark on the region.
Ortonville’s early 1900s video show a working Main Street, a depot on the Detroit United Railway line, and a hotel called the Yolande House. A federal crash report from 1929 adds the hard edge: progress came fast, and it came with risk for local riders.
The history of Farmington Michigan from 1890 to 1940 tracks a town shaped by farming, rail travel, fires, and steady civic growth along Grand River Avenue.
One small factory on the edge of Michigan’s Port Austin made Coaster Craft scooters, toy wagons and Flying Scot bikes for almost 20 years.
Today the building hosts arts and craftsmen booths and has a bicycle repair shop.
