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"Ten Hours or No Sawdust"
Bay City, MI
When Bay City’s sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be twelve to twenty-five percent lower than in 1884.
Bay City
Bay City, MI
Although French explorers had visited this area in the 1600s, a permanent white settlement occurred only in the 1830s.
Bay City Boating and Fishing Club
Essexville, MI
In 1894 William Jennison, a yachtsman for fifty years, founded the Bay City Boating and Fishing Club.
Beet Sugar
Portsmouth Charter Township, MI
One of the first attempts in America to produce beet sugar was made in Michigan at White Pigeon late in the 1830s.
Beet Sugar Industry
Essexville, MI
The first successful beet sugar factory in Michigan was built in 1898 by the Michigan Sugar Company on Woodside Avenue in Essexville.
Center Avenue
Bay City, MI
Center Avenue presents one of the most spectacular displays of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential architecture in...
Center Avenue
Bay City, MI
Center Avenue presents one of the most spectacular displays of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential architecture in...
First Presbyterian Church
Bay City, MI
In 1884 the Reverend J. Ambrose Wight challenged the members of the First Presbyterian Church to "go forward and build a church that will...
Frankenlust
Bay City, MI
One of four colonies in Michigan settled by people from Franconia, Germany, Frankenlust was founded by Pastor Ferdinand Sievers and...
James Clements Memorial Airport
Bay City, MI
In 1926 the Bay City Chamber of Commerce recognized the economic benefits that could be derived from a local airport.
Midland Street Commercial District
Bay City, MI
The Midland Street Commercial District comprises fifty buildings in a four-block area that was the business hub of West Bay City.
Ogaukawning Church
Bay City, MI
Established in 1847, the Ogaukawning Indian Mission, the first church in present-day Bay County, served Chippewa Indians at the nearby...
Pine Grove Cemetary
Auburn, MI
In 1868 the Williams Township Board of Health authorized a township burial ground and voted to purchase land for that purpose.
Sage Public Library
Bay City, MI
Henry W. Sage (1814-1897) founded the village of Wenona (later West Bay City) in 1863.
Saginaw Bay
Bay City, MI
This bay derives its name from the Sauk Indians who once dwelt by its shores.
St. John Evangelical Lutheran
Bay City, MI
German missionary Pastor Ferdinand Sievers organized St. John Church in June 1852 to serve a colony of German migrants, some fleeing the...
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Bay City, MI
St. Joseph was the first Catholic parish in the Saginaw Valley when it was founded in 1850-51 by missionary Joseph Kindekens.
St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church
Bay City, MI
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Polish refugees who escaped Prussian domination settled in Bay City.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church
Bay City, MI
During the 1870s, Swedish immigrants arrived in Bay County.
Trinity Church
Bay City, MI
Trinity Church grew from a small group of settlers served by Episcopal missionaries beginning around 1842.