Antrim
Bellaire - The Antrim County Seat
Bellaire, MI
The first pioneers of Antrim County settled along Grand Traverse Bay near Elk Rapids in the 1850s.
Elk Rapids Golf Club
Elk Rapids, MI
Elk Rapids thrived in the late nineteenth century due to the lumber industry boom and local iron and chemical manufacturing plants.
Elk Rapids Iron Company
Elk Rapids, MI
The brick ruin near this marker was the hearth of the Elk Rapids furnace, during the 1870s one of the nation’s greatest producers of...
Essex
Ellsworth, MI
The Central Lake Lumber Company founded the town of Essex in 1899.
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Elk Rapids, MI
In the late 1850s traveling pastors began to conduct Methodist services in Elk Rapids and nearby communities.
Pere Marquette Rail Road Depot
Alden, MI
In 1891-92 the Chicago and West Michigan Railway, precursor to the Pere Marquette Railroad, extended the line between Traverse City and...
Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church
Jordan Township, MI
In 1885 Bohemian immigrants founded Saint John Nepomucene Catholic Church, named for the patron saint of Czechoslovakia.
The Island House
Elk Rapids, MI
Edwin S. Noble (1838-1922) designed and built this house for his family in 1865.