History-Articles on People and Events in Northern Michigan

	Madame La Framboise Harbour View Inn Preserves the Story of a 19th Century French/Indian Mackinac Island Entrepreneur Madame La Framboise Harbour View Inn has preserved the home of Magdelaine La Framboise, a 19th century rags-to-riches story of a young half-French, half-Native American widow who went on to become one of Mackinac Island's most successful entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Full article...
	Explorers Set Out to Find the Fabled Northwest Passage From the Straits of Mackinac In 1766, Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, was the portal to the American West. Forty years before Lewis and Clark's famous expedition, two men named Carver and Tute headed out from the Straits of Mackinac to find the fabled Northwest Passage. Full article...
	Kids Up North: Fun Facts to Share on Your Way to Historic Mackinac Island and Colonial Michilimackinac Heading to Mackinac Island and Colonial Michilimackinac for a field trip or Michigan family vacation? Stock up on these exciting, silly, weird and yes, even gross, facts to keep kids engaged on the car ride and to make the most of your visit. Full article...
	Deadly Lacrosse Game in Mackinac Straits at Fort Michilimackinac in 1763 On a June day in 1763, the commandant of Fort Michilimackinac was invited to watch a game of baggatiway between the Ojibwe and Sauk. Leave it to a Brit to assume it simply would be a polite afternoon on the lawn. Full article...
	Earl Young and Don Campbell, Pals Who Shaped Charlevoix The story of Earl Young, creator of Charlevoix's Hobbit Houses, and his lifelong friend Don Campbell, who traveled the world and ultimately shaped Charlevoix together. Full article...
	The Legend of Northern Michigan's Christmas Tree Ship With a load of fragrant evergreens from Michigan’s Northwoods,  the legendary schooner Rouse Simmons, captained by Herman Schuenemann, carried the spirit of Christmas—and an  example of unusual courage—to turn-of-the-century Chicago.  Then one stormy year the Christmas ship never came home. Full article...
	Hike Through History in the Jordan River Valley If the trails and overlooks of the Jordan River Valley could talk they'd tell tales of loggers, death, railroad beds and men looking to get through the Depression. Full article...
	The Secret of Anne's Tablet on Mackinac Island There is a shrine in the woods of Mackinac Island boasting a beautiful view and celebrating the 19th century writer Constance Fenimore Woolson, but who was she and why is "Anne's Tablet" there? Full article...
	Beaver Island’s King In 1850 Mormon renegade James Strang was crowned king of his Beaver Island colony. His reign lasted just six years, but tales of his five wives, his bullying of followers and his eventual assassination by an angry husband have kept his name alive in the lore of his adopted Lake Michigan realm. Full article...
	The Life of Ludington's Cartier Mansion Ludington’s Cartier Mansion Bed and Breakfast is an opulent legacy of the North’s timber-rich history, but the tale of the timber magnate who built it is richer still. Full article...