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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. …
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.
