Curious Old Michigan

06/30/2022

😲 I cannot believe how much this page has grown! I've started a blog to write more about our fun and interesting history.
View the first post now. Thanks for following along!

Gateway Park in Tawas Michigan is home of many playground sculptures. And is an interesting Michigan Roadside attraction.

04/08/2022

⛲ On this day in Michigan history: April 8, 1879
Detroit purchases Belle Isle, a 985 acre island on the Detroit River, from the Campau family for $200,000. It becomes a public park.

04/07/2022

🥣 On this day in Michigan history: April 7, 1860
W.K. Kellogg, cereal magnate, and health guru is born in Battle Creek.

04/06/2022

Photos & Caption courtesy of the Fenton Historical Society and The A. J. Phillips Museum they've been sharing lots of goodies lately!

Spring has sprung, so we share these recently digitized photos of summer fun on Lake Fenton from 1955!

04/05/2022

🏒 On this day in Michigan history: April 4, 1971
Gordie Howe played his last game as a member of the Detroit Red Wings.

04/04/2022

⌛ On this day in Michigan history: April 4, 1825
Detroit elects its first mayor, John R. Williams. Present-day John R. road is named after Williams.

12/06/2021

Genesee County courthouse and jail

12/05/2021

From the Detroit Historical Society.⁣
"Taken from the southwest side of Woodward Avenue, looking northeast at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, as it heads south down the thoroughfare. The featured float includes men, dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers pulling the float with Santa and his reindeer resting atop many snow-covered homes. The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store is visible behind the float. The photographer's name and geographic location are stamped on the verso, "Pictures that Tell a Story, Joe Clark, H.B.S.S., Photographic Studios, 11 Arcadia Bldg., 3513 Woodward Ave., Detroit 1, Michigan."⁣

09/03/2021

Ternstedt Plant on Coldwater Rd

The Ternstedt plant on Coldwater Rd. was originally built during the Korean War. It was to be used for making parts of the J-65 jet engine, but the war ended and it became a small parts plant. They made the emblems and mirrors and such for G.M.