110 Years Ago – A Quirky Week in News In Michigan’s Upper Thumb in 1912
110 years ago, the Harbor Beach TImes kept everyone up to date. No news was too obscure, strange, or quirky that it didn’t warrant a few lines in the paper.
Finding Fun in Michigan & Beyond
It’s our focus and a favorite spot in the world. Michigans Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten.
We primarily cover the fascinating and unique aspects of the Upper Thumb. From Sebewaing, Bay Port, Caseville, Port Austin, Grindstone City, Harbor Beach, and Port Sanilac, this region has it all.
110 years ago, the Harbor Beach TImes kept everyone up to date. No news was too obscure, strange, or quirky that it didn’t warrant a few lines in the paper.
In the late 1800’s Caseville Michigan was a booming town. This included large ship building.
A near-total lunar eclipse in Michigan on November 19th will be almost complete, with 97 percent of the moon in shadow during mid-eclipse.
In the mid 1800’s much of Michigan was wilderness. In 1857, Captain George Meade took over the Lakes Survey mission of the Great Lakes.
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.
Caseville beach is one of the finest in the Upper Thumb. Rent kayaks and swim the day away.
Its also one of the most posted sites on social media.
Grindstone City has in the midst of a full range war between two marvelous ice cream shops.
Both are in historic buildings and are minutes from Port Austin.
The first roadside park was developed in 1918 on US 2 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Today Michigan has 85 roadside parks.
8 are located in the Thumb.