by Michigan day-trip guide Michigan Food Tours: 12 Places to Watch It Made Follow milk from a dairy barn, stand near a cider press, smell coffee beans in the roaster and …
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History of Mecosta, Michigan – The Michigan Railroad Town That Lost Its Tracks but Refused to Vanish (1880 – 1947)
by Railroads created Mecosta, but lumber, farming, schools and lake resorts kept it alive. These 14 turning points trace the village from its 1879 plat through the loss of its depot and the rise of Piety Hill.
History of Toledo Beach, Michigan – The Forgotten 1907 Amusement Park Built for Toledo’s Summer Crowds
by Toledo Beach history follows a Michigan trolley resort from its 1907 opening to a flying boat, a rail shutdown and the marina that now occupies the shore.
History of Tahquamenon Falls Michigan – The Secret History of the Toonerville Trolley and Riverboat Tour (1927-2026)
by In 1927, a Michigan conservation officer found a way to shorten a 14-hour river journey to Tahquamenon Falls. His solution involved an abandoned logging railroad, a Ford Model T fitted …
History of Kingsford Michigan – Ford, Charcoal and Community
by The history of Kingsford Michigan begins in 1920, when Henry Ford started building an enormous lumber and automobile parts operation near Iron Mountain. His factories would help create an entire …
History of Romulus Michigan – 5 Remarkable Chapters Before the Airport
by Long before jet aircraft filled the skies over Wayne County, Romulus was a railroad junction surrounded by farms. Early postcards show the merchants, railroad workers, and families who built a …
History of Clare Michigan – A Crossroads of Industry and Intrigue
by Clare, Michigan, grew as a railroad and lumber town. This Michigan Moments video looks at its early businesses, two major downtown fires and the 1938 murder at the Doherty Hotel.
History of Sodus Michigan – 10 Remarkable Chapters of Fun Summer Resorts (1890-1930)
by Sodus, Michigan, offered summer visitors cottages, croquet and riverboat rides beside working farms. Follow the May Graham to King’s Landing, trace the railway connections and meet the local families whose farms and businesses helped turn the St. Joseph River into a welcoming rural vacation destination.
Tower Michigan History: Rare Photos Show the Boomtown Before Fire and Flood
by Rare early photographs reveal Tower, Michigan, when mills, logging railroads and factories drove the town. Fire, flood and shrinking timber supplies soon changed everything.
Onaway Michigan – 10 Striking Photos From The Town That Steered the World – Video
by Onaway Michigan is a small city in the northeastern Lower Peninsula that experienced dramatic boom-and-bust cycles in its first decades. Founded in the early 1880s as a logging settlement, it …