News History & Fun in Michigan
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News and events of Michigan’s Upper Thumb that are worth knowing in the region.
Here are some of the top stories.
Vassar will close part of M-15 on Saturday, Oct. 10, for one of Tuscola County’s most unusual fall traditions, Vassar’s Pumpkin Roll, a community event that began as a local prank and grew into an organized festival. VASSAR, Mich. — Pumpkins …
EGLE’s interactive history examines the wildfire that killed hundreds, displaced thousands, and launched the American Red Cross’ first major relief effort. LANSING, Mich. — A new interactive story map is bringing fresh attention to the Great Thumb Fire of 1881, the …
The Saginaw Children’s Zoo will continue its family-focused Halloween celebration through Oct. 25 with candy, costumes, unlimited train and carousel rides and activities designed to be fun without being frightening. SAGINAW, Mich. — Families looking for a Halloween outing without haunted …
Houghton Lake began as a northern Michigan community shaped by logging and rough transportation. Historic street scenes show how automobiles, fishing camps, cottage resorts, stores and restaurants gradually changed the village into a vacation destination during the first half of the 20th century.
Munuscong Inn history brings together a Thumb couple, fishing boats and passing Great Lakes steamers. This Michigan resort also offered gasoline and housed the local post office. Archival views trace its vacation years and its later role as Camp Conely beside the St. Marys River.
Clifford Michigan history follows a village shaped by roads, railroads and the farms around it. Historic photographs show its depot, creamery, blacksmith shops and Main Street during the shift from horses to automobiles. Read how transportation created a second business district and changed daily life in northern Lapeer County.
Port Huron Museums will turn its historic Carnegie Museum into a Michigan craft beverage tasting room Oct. 16, with proceeds supporting four museum sites, local collections and ongoing preservation work. PORT HURON, Mich. — A fall beer tasting in Port Huron …
CASEVILLE, Mich. — For someone who uses a wheelchair, getting into a boat can be the hardest part of enjoying a day on Saginaw Bay. Caseville is working to remove that barrier with a new accessible boat boarding station at its …
Pointe Aux Pins on Bois Blanc Island grew from an 1880s steamer landing into a close-knit summer colony with a hotel, church, cottages, boardwalks, dog-sled mail and ferry service.
Rare photographs reveal Ruth, Michigan, when trains stopped at the depot, grain wagons crowded town, church bells rang and Main Street served Huron County farm families.
