The Fort Mackinac Base Ball Club, 1871-1894
A Continuing Series of Illustrated Vignettes, Volume V, Leaflet III From the vignette: Baseball fever swept across the United States following the Civil War. Soldiers, who learned the game in
A Continuing Series of Illustrated Vignettes, Volume V, Leaflet III From the vignette: Baseball fever swept across the United States following the Civil War. Soldiers, who learned the game in
It can be easy to see time spent on Mackinac Island as a defining moment in a vacation, a career, or even a lifetime. It can be a special place,
Mackinac History: A Continuing Series of Illustrated Vignettes, Volume V, Leaflet #1 In the spring of 1862, three gentleman from Tennessee arrived on Mackinac Island, not as tourists, explorers or
Fort Mackinac was home to more than 4,500 British and U.S. soldiers between 1780 and 1895. These soldiers constructed buildings and walls, drilled on the parade ground, marched sentry beats,
Mackinac History: A Continuing Series of Illustrated Vignettes, Volume IV, Leaflet #7 Perched on a cliff over Mackinac Island’s harbor, Fort Mackinac is today preserved as an historic site. Visitors
The Diary of Harold Dunbar Corbusier 1883-1884, 1892 introduces us to the life and times at Fort Mackinac through the eyes of a boy, from his actual diary, first at
Description of soldier life from 1780 to 1895, detailing the often difficult and isolated existence at this remote outpost. From the book: “Throughout Fort Mackinac’s 115 year history the soldiers
Reports in Mackinac History and Archaeology, Number 3 History of 16 British units garrisoned at Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Mackinac between 1780-1796. Details military dress, housing, Company’s stationed at Fort
Archaeological Completion Report Series, Number 12 From the book: “The Provision Storehouse at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island … was excavated as part of the Bicentennial celebration [1981] … The