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

A 12 Straw Bale Garden in Michigan’s Thumb

Posted on April 22, 2020March 26, 2022 by Malcom Mott

The idea of straw bale gardening from a book by Joel Karsten. Joel comes to us from Minnesota where the growing season is incredibly short and the soil tough to cultivate.

Stuckey’s – A Familiar National Brand Expands for a New Generation of Travelers

Posted on April 17, 2020November 15, 2021 by Michael Hardy

Stuckey’s blue teal roof has greeted travelers since 1937. We learn how Stephanie Stuckey, CEO, is working to bring Stuckey’s to a new generation of travelers.

The Last Time A Michigan Governor Shutdown the State Due to a Pandemic

Posted on March 26, 2020November 15, 2021 by Michael Hardy

Gretchen Whitmer’s order to “Stay Home, Stay Safe” is a Michigan shutdown of the nonessential business due to the coronavirus outbreak. This was done once before by Michigan governor Albert Sleeper in October 1918.

Will Remote Workers Flock to Their Cottages to Sit Out the Michigan Coronavirus?

Posted on March 15, 2020September 23, 2023 by Michael Hardy

Just as the Michigan coronavirus warnings were starting, I was in line at a local market in northern Michigan. Fortunately,

Michigan’s Experience with Pandemics – Infographic

Posted on March 13, 2020November 15, 2021 by Michael Hardy

Over the past 100 years, the United States and Michigan have been hit with four influenza pandemics. Of all of these, the 1918 outbreak was the most serious in terms of mortality and the two-year duration of the epidemic.

We ask a DNR Fish Biologist; What Happened to All the Yellow Perch in Saginaw Bay?

Posted on March 6, 2020November 15, 2021 by Michael Hardy

We have a conversation with a Michigan DNR fish biologist on why we have had a decline of yellow perch on Saginaw Bay. The answer was a bit of a surprise.

A Fortnight in the Wilderness by Alexis De Tocqueville

Posted on March 2, 2020April 5, 2025 by Malcom Mott

In 1831, two 26-year-old, French aristocrats, Alexis De Tocqueville, and Gustave de Beaumont, decided to strike out, in what today’s terms, would be the ultimate road trip. Namely, traveling overland from Detroit, to the last “white” settlement in the Northwest Territories, to Saginaw Michigan.

Port Sanilac Lighthouse – Beacon for the Shore of Michigan’s Thumb

Posted on January 26, 2020March 19, 2026 by Malcom Mott

If you’re looking for things to do in Detroit, take a short road trip up M-25. The Port Sanilac Lighthouse was built in 1886 on the eastern shore of Michigan’s Thumb. This beautiful light serves the 60-mile shore between Fort Gratiot and Harbor Beach Light.