Tag: Saginaw

4 Amazing Stories About the Michigan Indian Trails of The Upper Thumb

Posted on July 13, 2021January 30, 2025 by Michael Hardy

The first major highways were based on trails Native Americans has used for centuries throughout Michigan.

Here are four tidbits about those trails in Michigan’s Upper Thumb.

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.

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