Old Tawas Goes Digital: A Century of Lake Huron History Is Being Saved

Posted on August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 by Michael Hardy

A new preservation project to digitize Lake Huron history, including photographs, letters, maps, and newspaper clippings documenting generations of life

Discover 7 Incredible Secrets of the Tawas Point Lighthouse – An Inspiring Guide

Posted on June 5, 2023July 30, 2025 by Michael Hardy

Across Saginaw Bay from Michigan’s Thumb sits one of the prettiest lighthouses in Michigan.

The Michigan History Center has produced a video that offers viewers a virtual tour of climbing the lighthouse tower. As each step is made up of the tower, bits of history and fascinating design and functional aspects of the lighthouse are revealed. In the end, there is a little test you can take to on seven of the little aspects of the Tawas Point Lighthouse.

A First and Exciting Saginaw Bay Sail

Posted on September 19, 2014November 17, 2021 by Michael Hardy

A couple makes their first sail from Caseville to Tawas in 2006 in a restored 1973 Catalina 27. During the two day trip they experience a little bit of everything has they cross Saginaw Bay.