Category Archives: NE

Northeast Michigan

Touring Northern Michigan … 60 years ago

April 5, 2007 – 8:27 am

A few weeks ago Leelanau.com featured this nationally produced travelogue from 1949. James A. FitzPatrick’s Travel Talks: Roaming in Michigan features views of Glen Lake and the Sleeping Bear Dunes (complete with Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile rides), cherries and Traverse City, a visit to Mackinac Island, naturalist/storyteller/bear park operator John “Spikehorn” Meyer, the Soo Locks and [...]

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Valentine’s Day Fun in Michigan

February 14, 2007 – 8:57 am

We Love Detroit by Devo(lutio)n In their Valentine’s feature Detroit is for Lovers, Model D takes you on a sort of romantic and definitely whirlwind tour of the Motor City that takes you to the bar (then from the bar), around the city, moving in, moving out. If you’re in the Mid-Michigan area, think about [...]

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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did! The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there. Share this:

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Touring Michigan’s Big Things with Wandering West Michigan

November 20, 2006 – 6:51 am

Trout by Josh Leo Wandering West Michigan is a weekly video blog hosted by Josh Leo. It features videos highlighting the events, businesses, people, attractions and everything else that makes the west side of the Great Lakes State unique. It’s pretty new, but it’s the best Michigan video blog I’ve yet seen! Watch Michigan’s Big [...]

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Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk

August 31, 2006 – 11:19 am

1958 3cent Mackinac Bridge Postage Stamp Every Labor Day the Mighty Mac opens to pedestrian traffic for the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk. Below is a slew of information about the walk and the bridge itself. 50th Anniversary Mackinac Bridge Walk of 2007 Check out Get moving, Michigan with the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk [...]

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Connecting Michigan: Northeast Michigan

August 4, 2006 – 5:46 pm

Mackinac Bridge all lit up at dusk by Johnny RR The Mackinac Bridge is more than just Michigan’s most recognizeable landmark. The five mile span connecting upper and lower peninsulas is also a powerful symbol of how we as a state can come together behind a common goal and accomplish wonders. The herculean task of [...]

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Battling for the County Seat

July 24, 2006 – 5:54 pm

The designation of governmental centers (called county seats) in most of Michigan’s 83 counties has gone smoothly and without controversy. Not so in Wexford County. A decade-long struggle for the county seat peaked on April 4, 1882, when voters chose whether to leave the county seat in Manton or move it Cadillac. Twelve months earlier, [...]

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A Tale of Two Forts

July 5, 2006 – 5:08 pm

During the later years of the American Revolution, the British feared that the American colonists, especially George Rogers Clark, might attack Michigan. Although the Americans never attacked the British outposts at Detroit and the Straits of Mackinac, these fears led the British to build new, stronger forts at both settlements. In late 1778, Captain Richard [...]

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Father Marquette Discovers the Mississippi River

July 8, 2005 – 6:51 pm

During the summer of 1673, Father Jacques Marquette became the first Frenchman to explore the Mississippi River. To this day, these explorations remain among the most fascinating that occurred in North America. Born in France, the twenty-nine-year-old Marquette arrived in New France (Canada) in 1666. Trained as a Jesuit missionary, Marquette came to North America [...]

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