Lake
Brown Trout
Baldwin, MI
On April 11, 1884, the first recorded planting of brown trout (Salmo pariole) in the United States was made into the Pere Marquette River...
Daniel Hale Williams
Idlewild, MI
Despite prevailing racial discrimination during the early twentieth century, Daniel Hale Williams, an African American, was a leading...
Herman & Lela Wilson
Idlewild, MI
In 1915 Herman and Lela Wilson came to Yates Township with twenty-five people from Chicago to inspect the real estate that would become...
Idlewild
Idlewild, MI
Prior to 1964, segregationist policies limited African Americans’ options for where to spend vacation time.
Lake County
Baldwin, MI
This county was originally set off in 1840 and first named Aishcum after a well-known Potawatomi chief.