Grave Robbers Brazenly Operated In Michigan During the 1800s
by Grave robbing was a gruesome yet common crime in the late 1800’s as medical schools sought bodys for study.
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How Pigeon Michigan Got Its Unique Name
by Today Pigeon is the wind capital of Michigan. Once a rural railway stop for the Pontiac, Oxford, and Port Austin Railroad and Saginaw, Tuscola, Huron Railroad
The Ora Labora Experiment by Florence McKinnon Gwinn
by The Ora Labora Experiment is an excerpt from a common historical document that has been scanned and re-published numerous times on the Internet from the …
About ThumbWind
I started Thumbwind Publications in 2009 when utility companies were installing industrial wind turbines in Michigan’s Thumb. The entire three-county region is now designated as …
Ora Labora – The Final Days of the Colony 1866 – Part 5
by Ora Labora’s final viable year as a religious colony in the wilderness of the upper thumb of Michigan was 1866. We reveal the final desperate attempts to keep it going.
Michigan M-25 is States First Scenic Highway in 1940
by 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.
Plans Underway for 2 Ora Labora Cabins From the Colony to be Restored
by The Pigeon Historical Society to relocate and restore two cabins that were originally located in the 1800s German religious colony called Ora Labora.
1 of Michigan’s Most Famous Haunted Houses That You Never Heard Of
by The former B&B has been featured on Pure Michigan, two Haunted Michigan travel books and highlighted in a paranormal documentary and a movie.
