Tag: Michigan

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Michigan is known as the Great Lakes State. Surrounded by five of the six Great Lakes. ThumbWind has a number of stories devoted to Michigan places, food, and places to visit. Here are a few to explore

The Logging Camps of Elkland Michigan

Posted on January 18, 2025June 25, 2025 by Mark Putnam

Author and local historian Mark Putman takes a journey back to the 1800s, an era of the land speculation, logging, and development of Elkland Michigan, and Cass City

Michigan Shipwrecks: 6,000 Haunting Discoveries Beneath the Great Lakes

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Paul Austin

There are an estimated 6,000 sunken ships across all the Great Lakes with about 1,500 Michigan Shipwrecks located in Michigan waters. With Interactive Map

Side Wheeler Steamboats – Exploring Their Impact on Michigan’s Saginaw River

Posted on January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by Michael Hardy

Side-wheeler steamers were used across the Great Lakes well into the late 1800s. The East Saginaw and Bay City line ran on Michigan’s Saginaw River.

The Bay Port Hotel – A Top Luxurious Michigan Resort of the 1800s

Posted on January 2, 2025January 30, 2025 by Michael Hardy

The story of the luxurious Bay Port Hotel and the railway resort era in the late 1800s was short lived.

Was the untimely demise of one of its guests the cause if its downfall?

15 Michigan Winter Activities For Beating Cabin Fever in the Great Lakes Region

Posted on November 20, 2024December 5, 2024 by Paul Austin

The Great Lakes region may be frozen during the winter, but this opens up many opportunities. You can take hikes in your snowshoes or follow a cross-country ski trail. Climb on board a snowmobile for a tour or relax in an indoor waterpark’s lazy river. Whatever you need from your winter vacation, the Great Lakes have something to offer, with incredible views to enjoy along the way.