13 Of the Best Gifts For Michigan Travel Lovers
If you’re reading this, I’m sure at least one person on your list is a Michigan travel lover. So here’s a list of the most excellent gift ideas for him or her.
Fish Basics: How to Scale and Clean a Whole Fish Like a Pro
Planning to cook fish for dinner? Are you wondering how to gut and scale it?
Read this step by step guide with videos to know how to scale and clean a whole fish like a pro easily.
The Horrid History of 3 Indian Boarding Schools in Michigan
Michigan’s Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School indoctrinated 300 children each year and ran until 1934. There were also schools in Baraga and Harbor Springs.
For decades, the US took thousands of Native American children and enrolled them in off-reservation boarding schools. In fact, this was government policy to assimilate an entire people by forcibly removing children from their families and indoctrinating them into the Anglo language, religion, and way of life.
Michigan Plank Roads – Why the Wooden Highways Failed
In the late 1840s, Michigan experienced a craze of building plank roads. Over 200 companies built over 5000 miles of plank roads.
Wind Farm Property Values Impact In 2021
it’s a now a matter of public record that the wind farm defendants in the Ubly case did unsuccessfully attempt to prevent the opinion of a local property assessment firm that showed that the plaintiffs suffered a reduction in property values approaching $1 million.
Michigan Indian Villages and Sites in Huron County
Huron County Michigan had an active and vibrant Indian culture with villages along the shore and workshops and gardens in the interior.
Michigan M-25 is States First Scenic Highway in 1940
An M-25 Road Trip is taken around Michigan’s Thumb months prior to World War II. The tourism industry is still recovering from the Great Depression and paving M25 was just completed making it Michigan’s 1st Scenic Highway.
This folksy article was from the Huron Times in 1940.
The Great Fires of 1871 – The Burning Great Lakes
In Michigan’s Thumb, the situation could not be worse. The prevailing winds brought embers and dense smoke from the other Michigan fires burning in the west. Within hours over 2,000 lives were lost and millions of acres burned.
Coffee and a Saginaw Bay Sunrise
A sunrise over the Great Lakes can refresh the mind and soul. This was an excellent two minutes holding still to catch a great video.
Top 10 Lake Michigan Cruising Destinations That Get You Excited To Set Sail
We explore ten of the top Lake Michigan cruising destinations. You don’t have to be a sailor to explore these charming port towns.
All of these charming port towns are also great places to stop on a road trip.