Plans Underway for Cabins from Ora Labora Colony to be Restored
The Pigeon Historical Society to relocate and restore two cabins that were originally located in the 1800s German religious colony called Ora Labora.
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Michigan History
Great Lakes Cruising History – Luxurious Times
Steamship Traveling on Saginaw Bay Ad from the Detroit Free Press 1880 The Birth of “Going Up North” Prior to the railroads and automobiles.
20 of Henry Ford’s Village Industries
Henry Ford established a series of twenty village industry plants in Michigan and other states where Ford Motor’s had a presence. He started acquiring and building the small factories in 1919 until 1944, primarily in southeastern Michigan.
A Short History of the Saginaw Bay Fishery
Editor Note: This is a portion of a report that the Michigan DNR issued in 2004. Over 15 years ago. It overs a short history of the Saginaw Bay Fishery and the reasons for its collapse in the 1940s. The notes in the final part of this post reflect the situation on the Bay 15 … Read more A Short History of the Saginaw Bay Fishery