by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Sep 20, 2019 | History, Michigan, Travel |
Do I have suggestions for a 5-day trip to Michigan’s UP? Yes, I do! I love Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and pounce on every opportunity to promote it. 5-Day Trip to Michigan’s UP Very good friends recently asked for suggestions for a 4 or 5-day trip...
by Chuck Marshall | Sep 2, 2019 | Beer, History |
A trail marker tree, touring the former Northern Michigan Asylum, and enjoying tasty beers at Earthen Ales made for a super summer day in Traverse City. Another side of Traverse City While up in Benzie county for a short summer vacation, we decided to step away from...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jun 10, 2019 | History |
Camp Sober is a fading memory of American farm-life but thanks to a sawed-off shotgun and a deer hunting story too good to be true it won’t be forgotten. Camp Sober Camp Sober was a thing in the 1960s in Manchester. I wasn’t even conceived until the...
by Chuck Marshall | May 10, 2019 | History |
The Hackley and Hume Historic homes in Muskegon capture a moment in time when timber was king in Michigan. Hackley and Hume Historic Homes – A land of plenty There was a time when Michigan was covered in trees. The Muskegon area was home to white, red, and jack pines...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Jan 16, 2019 | History, Travel |
The Iron Fish Distillery Tours are a bargain at $10 a person. Not only do you get a history lesson, a demonstration of their soil-to-spirit process, and a guided tasting of their fine spirits but also a motivational experience. It may have...
by Chuck Marshall | Nov 22, 2018 | History |
The Michigan WWI Commission pays tribute to Eugene I. Van Antwerp for his work to establish Armistice Day as a national holiday to honor our veterans. Who is Eugene I. Van Antwerp If you are like us, you didn’t know that Eugene I. Van Antwerp was a Michigan veteran of...
