The Commanding Officer’s Privy: A New Addition at Michilimackinac
When you visit Colonial Michilimackinac in 2022, if you look in the right place you’ll see a newly reconstructed building.
When you visit Colonial Michilimackinac in 2022, if you look in the right place you’ll see a newly reconstructed building.
October 8, 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Great Chicago Fire. What’s the connection to Mackinac? Gurdon Hubbard.
It was 110 years ago that the Chief Wawatam was side launched, and it remained active on the Straits of Mackinac until 1984.
A common question we hear at Michilimackinac concerns liquor being dispensed to soldiers.
Why are certain things banned on Mackinac Island? Find out here!
“The one constant through all the years…has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers…It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.”
Gardeners, especially at the Straits of Mackinac, have always been interested in helping their plants grow despite sometimes problematic environmental conditions.
With the holiday weekend upon us, let’s look at how the soldiers and civilians of historic Mackinac celebrated.
You may know the story of the Titanic, the luxury ocean liner that struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage and quickly sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. But did you know that another large ship met a similar fate off Michigan’s coastline just three years earlier?
