Presque Isle
Bearinger Union School
Bearinger Township, MI
A forest fire destroyed Bearinger’s log schoolhouse, known as Grace School, in 1919.
Burnham's Landing
Presque Isle, MI
Frederick Burnham settled in Michigan in the 1840s.
Elowsky Mill
Posen, MI
According to local historians, Prussian immigrant Michael Elowsky fled the political turmoil brewing in Eastern Europe in 1862.
Forty Mile Point Lighthouse
Rogers City, MI
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron’s Michigan shore so that mariners...
Lake Huron
Bearinger Township, MI
This, the fifth largest lake in the world, was the first of the Great Lakes seen by white men.
Old Presque Isle Lighthouse
Presque Isle, MI
Presque Isle Harbor is one of Lake Huron’s safest harbors of refuge.
Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument
Posen, MI
The first utility pole set by Presque Isle Electric Cooperative was erected near this site on September 22, 1937.
Presque Isle Front Range Light
Presque Isle Township, MI
In 1869 the U.S. Congress appropriated $7,500 to build two range lights marking the channel into Presque Isle Harbor.
Presque Isle Light Station
Presque Isle, MI
This lighthouse, built in 1870 by Orlando M. Poe, is one of three Great Lakes towers built from the same plans.
Presque Isle Lodge
Presque Isle Twp, MI
Newell Avery Eddy Jr. (1880-1940) had the Presque Isle Lodge built around 1920, when the construction of what would become US-23 opened...
World's Largest Limestone Quarry
Rogers City, MI
Limestone is a mineral raw material essential in making steel, chemicals, and cement.