Historic Downtown Mackinac Open for the Season Posted June 5, 2021 There’s more to Mackinac. See a blacksmith demonstrate his or her trade at the Benjamin Blacksmith Shop, learn about Dr. Beaumont and his famous experiments at the American Fur Company Store, and explore the history of Mackinac Island architecture at the McGulpin House. #thisismackinac Admission included with a Fort Mackinac or Historic Downtown Mackinac ticket, available at the Biddle House or The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum.
Dr. William Beaumont, Father of Gastric Physiology Posted November 20, 2015 A dramatic and fateful event took place in the American Fur Company’s retail store, located on Mackinac Island, on June 6, 1822. The accidental shot that was thought to have fatally wounded Alexis St. Martin there brought together an inquisitive doctor and a unique patient and made medical history. (more…)
