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.
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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 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 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.
Caseville’s Thumb Brewery Announces Homebrewing Competition
Caseville’s Thumb Brewery announced their 2021 Home Brewing Competition. Entries will be taken by October 17th. Winner announced in the 23rd.
The first place brewing recipes will be featured in Thumb Brewery’s Fall and Winter season lineup of brews.
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.
10 Small Towns With Big City Michigan Crime Rates
We found that even small Michigan towns have the same or exceed large urban areas for per capita rates of crime.
We list the top 10 small towns with the highest crime rates