The Best Stories, Sites and Fun From Around the Great Lakes State.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
by Houghton Michigan, is located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We have live Houghton Michigan Webcams so you can see the little city and area traffic in real-time and weather stations to keep an eye on the weather.
by During the early 1990s, the “Fab Five” was considered the greatest University of Michigan basketball team of all time and highly notable in NCAA history.
Many went on to pro careers in the NBA and in Europe.
by Ty Cobb, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, played for the Detroit Tigers for 22 seasons and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1936. He was known for his incredible skills, aggressive play, and numerous records, but he also faced controversy and criticism during his career.
