Thumb Airspace Could See Low Altitude Combat Training
Concern is growing about the current military proposal to use Huron County (and parts of Sanilac and Tuscola Counties) as a low level combat jet training area.
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Michigan’s Oak Beach County Park on Saginaw Bay – The Gathering Place
The first thing folks notice at Oak Beach County Park is just how large it is. Sitting on over 40
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Huron County Wind Farm 2015 Moratorium Didn’t Stop Wind Growth in Michigan
Huron County Michigan’s 2015 moratorium on new development of wind power in Michigan’s Thumb gave rise to the possibility that other wind and solar projects would pause in the Great Lakes region. That didn’t happen
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Michigan Prohibition – 16 Years Of Bootlegging At Huron’s Whiskey Harbor
On the eastern edge of Michigan’s Thumb lies a lonely and very rocky cove on the shore of Lake Huron. The remote area sits on a layer of limestone that makes it hard to build on so it remains undeveloped to this day. It’s hard to imagine that this beautiful remote setting was the site for criminal activity during the time of Michigan Prohibition for over 12 years.
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Ora Labora Colony- Lost in Michigan’s North – Part 4
Part IV of the Ora Labora starts during Christmas 1864. The Colonies funds and provisions are low and its leader Emil Baur is begging his benefactors for loans to make it through the winter. With the war in its closing days the colonist are hopeful that a risky new venture will be profitable.
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Port Hope Depot – Restored to 1900s Perfection
Today the Port Hope Depot has been exquisitely restored. You can see exhibits in the passenger waiting room, the station masters office, luggage and freight room. Each room has been painted to match the original color.
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Local Brewing is Sustainable and Tasty
The scenario for globalized worlds need to become local. The reason I pose the need for localization aligning with the effect on beer, because what would the world be without beer.
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Michigan Thumb Reject Wind Projects
May 2017 – Voters in Michigan’s Upper Thumb rejected proposals that would have allowed two wind farm projects to proceed
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