Horse-drawn wagons loaded with sugar beets roll through Sebewaing in this vintage scene titled “Hauling Sugar Beets, Sebewaing Michigan.” Long before semis and beet pilers, harvest time in Michigan’s Thumb meant teams of horses, wooden wagons, and a steady line to the scale house and factory.
Sebewaing became a sugar-beet center in the early 1900s, with local growers bringing in loads by road for processing. The work was seasonal, tough, and community-wide — and it helped shape the region’s farm economy for decades.
Do you have family stories about beet harvest, “campaign” season, or working at the factory in Sebewaing?
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