Mason
A Bygone Lumbering Town
Ludington, MI
Two centuries after Father Marquette’s death not far from here in 1675, timber from this area’s forests helped build America.
Big Sable Point Lighthouse
Hamlin, MI
Called Grande Pointe au Sable by French explorers and traders, Big Sable Point was an important landmark for mariners traveling a...
Ludington Car Ferries
Ludington, MI
Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and...
Marquette's Death
Pere Marquette Township, MI
Father Jacques Marquette, the great Jesuit missionary and explorer, died and was buried by two French companions somewhere along the Lake...
Mason County
Ludington, MI
The first permanent Euro-American settlement in Mason County began in 1847 when New York native Burr Caswell and his family arrived at...
Notipekago
Custer Township, MI
Ottawa oral tradition tells of a war between the Ottawa and Mascouten tribes in the seventeenth century.
S. S. Pere Marquette 18
Ludington, MI
At least twenty-nine persons died when this vessel sank in Lake Michigan twenty miles off the Wisconsin coast on September 9, 1910.
Scottville
Scottville, MI
White settlers came to this area around 1860.