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The newly updated Michigan history research guide points historians to old Michigan newspapers, photographs, maps, courthouse records, and other primary sources available online. WASHINGTON — Finding an old Michigan photograph, newspaper article, or courthouse record online often isn’t difficult. Knowing where …
Metal detecting Michigan ghost towns starts with old maps, parcel research and written permission. Review 17 former communities, likely period finds and legal limits.
The Port Sanilac Garden Gala will pair a seasonal dinner, live music and local history Sept. 13 while raising money for the Sanilac County Historic Village & Museum.
A new preservation project to digitize Lake Huron history, including photographs, letters, maps, and newspaper clippings documenting generations of life around Tawas Bay. EAST TAWAS, Mich. — More than a century of Iosco County history is moving from museum shelves into …
Michigan is digitizing 612 recordings from its 1961-62 Constitutional Convention, bringing the voices behind today’s state constitution back as voters face the issue again in 2026.
The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge has turned its 1935 nine-hole course into a hickory-only, walking-only experience. Its story begins with unemployed miners, federal relief money and Ocha Potter’s disputed plan for a northern golf resort.
The Bruce Mansion near Brown City now offers scheduled daytime visits, overnight investigations and private events inside one of Michigan’s best-known reputedly haunted landmarks.
The History of Fitchburg Michigan follows a sawmill village that served Ingham County farms with stores, blacksmiths, a church and a school. Better roads and machinery later weakened its business center while nearby farms became more productive.
Long before Michigan had county seats and surveyed townships, Native communities had villages, fishing stations, sugar camps, farm fields, trade routes and ceremonial places across the Great Lakes. The record is especially rich around Saginaw Bay and the Thumb.
Michigan plug-in solar could give homeowners and renters a cheaper way to generate electricity without a costly rooftop system. HB 5764 would remove advance utility approval for qualifying systems, but lawmakers face questions about electrical safety, utility rules, consumer savings and how the technology fits Michigan homes.
