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Andrew J. Blackbird House
Harbor Springs, MI
Andrew J. Blackbird (c. 1815-1908), an important figure in the history of the Odawa (Ottawa) tribe, was the son of a chief.
Bay View Association
Bay View, MI
Beginning in 1875 as a Methodist camp, the Bay View Association encouraged scientific and intellectual development within a religious...
Bliss Pioneer Memorial Church
Bliss, MI
The congregation of the East Bliss United Brethren Church was organized in 1880.
Ephraim Shay
Harbor Springs, MI
The many-sided house across the street, sheathed in steel plates, was built for Ephraim Shay, inventor of the Shay locomotive operated by...
Fort Michilimackinac
Mackinaw City, MI
This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701.
GR & I Railroad Depot
Harbor Springs, MI
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad linked Harbor Springs to its main line in 1882, further opening the Little Traverse Bay area to...
Harbour Inn
Harbor Springs, MI
Built around the turn of the century as the Ramona Park Hotel, this building initially included the tower, lobby, dining area, and about...
Hiawatha Pageant
Petoskey, MI
From 1905 to 1915, summer resorters came here to experience “The Indian Play Hiawatha.
Holy Childhood of Jesus School
Harbor Springs, MI
This Indian school was founded in 1829 by Father Pierre Déjean, who came here with two teachers, Miss Elizabeth Williams and Joseph...
Hotel Perry
Petoskey, MI
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, city-dwellers from the Midwest escaped hot summers in the fresh air of northern...
Little Traverse Bay
Petoskey, MI
For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, whose warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land.
Michigan's First Jewish Settler
Mackinaw City, MI
Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761.
Pioneer Picnic Park
Bliss, MI
A pioneer association was formed in 1915 at Round Lake, also known as Lark’s Lake, to preserve the natural beauty of these grounds for...
St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission
Petoskey, MI
This land was sold by Amawee, an Odawa, to Jean Baptiste Trotochaud and his Ojibwa wife Sophia Anaquet.
Stafford Bay View Inn
Bay View, MI
J. W. Howard completed this spacious inn in 1887, naming it the Woodland Avenue House because of its proximity to that street.
State Board Of Fish Commissioners
Alanson, MI
Nineteenth-century commercial fishing and logging operations helped grow Michigan’s economy but also posed threats to resource...
Terrace Inn
Petoskey, MI
When the Terrace Inn opened in 1911, its owners billed it as Bay View´s "newest and most modern hotel.
The Legs Inn
Cross Village Twp, MI
The Legs Inn, named for the stove legs that trim the roofline, is one of Michigan´s most exuberant and unusual landmarks.
W. W. Fairbairn
Alanson, MI
Walter W. Fairbairn came to Alanson in 1888 as a government surveyor.