History
Historical people, places, and events in Benzie County.
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“Common Sense” of a Founding Father
Thomas Paine celebrations in Benzie County
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2026, Featured Stories, Issue 5, Maritime History, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print Editions, Question and Answers, Real EstateJackie Luedtke Borozan: Housing Trust of Benzie
Questions & Answers with community faces
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2026, Businesses, Featured Stories, History, Hotels/Motels, Iconic Person, Issue 4, issue 4, Print Editions, Question and Answers, TeachersMisti and Chris Rasure: Betsie Riverside Resort
Questions & Answers with community faces
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2026, Businesses, Distillery, Farms, Featured Stories, History, Issue 2, Native American Culture & History, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Trees, Shrubs, and GrassSugar Moon’s Maple Syrup
History of a favorite local treat
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The Betsie Current, Still Flowing
15 years in print
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2024, Businesses, Featured Stories, Golfing, History, Horticulture, Iconic Person, Issue 11, News, Print Editions, SportsCrystal Downs Country Club
History, legacy, and community connections
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2024, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Issue 14, News, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print Editions, Real Estate, SportsSoaring High
Green Point Flyers sustain local tradition of motorless flight
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2025, Businesses, Featured Stories, Issue 4, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print Editions, Question and Answers, Railroad HistoryArlene Sweeting and David Beaton: WUWU Community Radio
Questions & Answers with community faces
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2025, Businesses, Featured Stories, History, Hotels/Motels, Issue 1, Maritime History, Native American Culture & History, Print Editions, Railroad History, Real EstateA Tale of Two Piers
And the city they built
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2025, Businesses, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 1, Maritime History, Print Editions, Railroad History, Real EstateThe Frankfort Land Company
And the men behind it
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Sailing on Crystal Lake
A history of the Crystal Lake Yacht Club
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2024, Featured Stories, History, Issue 8, Nature, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print Editions, Railroad History, Real EstateOn the Path to Preservation
Explore and support the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy in Benzie County
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How Cinder Road Got Its Name
From charcoal to road surface
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2024, Businesses, Canoeing, Featured Stories, History, Issue 6, Maritime History, Nature, News, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Stand-up Paddle Boarding, SwimmingRiverside Canoes Celebrates 60 Years
And wins National Park lawsuit, again
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From Crystal Beach Christian Assembly to the Crystal Conference Center
More than 100 years of history on Crystal Lake’s south shore
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2024, Businesses, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 3, Non-profits, Print Editions, Question and AnswersMatt Varnum: Benzie History
Questions & Answers with community faces
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2024, Businesses, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 2, Print Editions, Railroad History, SkiingSki Jumping, from Norway to Elberta
Long-forgotten “winter sports” history still lives in the Elberta Hills
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2023, Basketball, Coach, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 7, Print Editions, SportsUsing Basketball to Impart Vital Life Lessons
Octogenarian coach can’t stop giving
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No More Clarinet
African harp “kora” returns to Empire
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Summers in Beulah
A family history of Reedcraft Weavers (1940-2011)
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2023, Essays, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 5, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print EditionsMemorial Morses
Local brothers take Honor Flight
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2023, Essays, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 4, Native American Culture & History, Noah Sorenson, Print EditionsWhat’s In A Name?
Stories behind the names of Benzie County
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2023, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 4, Non-Profit, Non-profits, Print EditionsThen & Now
More than a century of the Mills Community House
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1906: A Summer to Remember
Donated historical photos bring a family to life
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Never Too Late
Gaining recognition for a fallen brother