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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.
Huron Avenue in Port Huron is captured here in the streetcar era — rails in the street, a web of overhead wires, and a busy downtown corner anchored by a “National Bank Building.” The Library of Congress notes that a Neo-Classical …
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: …
Before bridges spanned the St. Clair River, the Port Huron ferry carried thousands across the border. Three wooden steamers tell the story of a risky, vital crossing.
In 1910, Belleville, Michigan ran on schedules, not nostalgia. This feature examines daily life before Belleville Lake, when trains, mills, schools, and Main Street defined how the town worked.
The Winter of 2025-2026 is now underway across the upper Great Lakes region. As ice cover increases beyond 50%, changes in weather patterns and lake activity are expected. This daily report provides the latest updates on ice conditions across the lakes. …
