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Quincy Mine Michigan earned the nickname Old Reliable through decades of copper production and steady dividends. Its story also includes immigrant labor, record-setting depth, the 1913 strike, the massive Nordberg steam hoist and the economic pressures that halted major underground mining in 1931.
Hundreds of young lake sturgeon will be released into four Saginaw River tributaries Sept. 4 and Sept. 26 as Michigan continues a long-term effort to restore one of the Great Lakes’ oldest native fish. SAGINAW BAY, Mich. — Michigan residents will …
HURON COUNTY, Mich. — Residents across Huron County and Michigan’s Thumb face a heightened risk of severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, with forecasters warning that storms could strengthen quickly and produce damaging winds, large hail, localized flooding, and possibly an …
Historic images of Yale, Michigan, show a busy Main Street, the Paisley Hotel, woolen and flour mills, a canning factory and the Pere Marquette railroad during the community’s early 20th-century industrial era.
Yale, Michigan, is famous for bologna, but its working history began decades earlier. Lumber, railroads, wool production, grain milling and food processing built the town. Later, a Main Street meat shop created the food tradition that would become Yale’s best-known calling card.
Centuries before refrigeration, Indigenous communities in Michigan buried food underground. Archaeology in the Saginaw Valley is showing how the system worked and who managed it.
Before M-25 connected Caseville and Port Austin, federal surveyors crossed a shoreline of sand ridges, rivers, wetlands and heavy forest. Original maps, vegetation records and pioneer accounts show how dramatically northern Huron County changed before logging, farming and roads reshaped Michigan’s Thumb.
We found 11 great ideas of things to do in Michigan in winter. From sled dog racing to explore ice caves, Michigan has unique things to do all winter long.
Vintage photos of Beal City show dirt streets, St. Philomena Church, a horse-drawn bakery wagon and the Big 4 Farm. Together they show how a tiny Isabella County community built institutions far larger than its population suggested.
Plainwell became Michigan’s Island City through a hand-dug mill race, two railroads, a paper mill and one unusual land deal that moved a flour mill and helped create Hicks Park.
