History – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2022 , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Print Editions

Never Too Late

Staff Reports December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 0 comment

Gaining recognition for a fallen brother

2022 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Print Editions

Filmmaker Rich Brauer

Kelly Ottinger December 15, 2022December 16, 2022 1 comment

Northern Michigan’s heartfelt storyteller

2022 , Essays , History , Issue 5 , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Photographer , Print Editions

Preserving Family Photos

Staff Reports June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 0 comment

A window to your family’s past

2022 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Issue 3 , Print Editions

Rice Centennial Farm

Staff Reports May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 0 comment

All in the family, for more than 100 years

2022 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 2 , Maritime History , Print Editions

Point Betsie’s Lost Ship

Jed Jaworski May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 1 comment

The wreck of the St. Lawrence appears

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 15 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Print Editions

154-year-old Shipwreck on Frankfort Beach

Jed Jaworski February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 1 comment

Hazard, tourist attraction, or priceless historical artifact?

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 14 , Maritime History , Native American Culture & History , Print Editions

Big Boats

Staff Reports January 29, 2022January 31, 2022 2 comment

Local ships bring maritime history alive

2021 , Art , Artists , Featured Stories , Fishing , History , Iconic Person , Issue 14 , Nature , Print Editions

Preserving a Family’s Heritage

Staff Reports January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 0 comment

One decoy at a time

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 11 , Print Editions

Time Travel Back to Your Hometown

Jed Jaworski September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 1 comment

The Sanborn map collections for Benzie County

2021 , Featured Stories , Issue 11 , Maritime History , Music , Musician , Print Editions

‘Song of the Lakes’ Keeps Sailing Onward

Staff Reports September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 0 comment

Iconic band celebrates 40 years

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , News , Print Editions

Roaring Dan Seavey

Staff Reports August 20, 2021February 6, 2022 0 comment

The pirate of Lake Michigan

2021 , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 10 , Native American Culture & History , Nature , Print Editions

A Manistee River Adventure

Staff Reports August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 0 comment

From Buckley to Lake Michigan

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 10 , Print Editions

Rival Rings

Aubrey Parker August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 0 comment

Missing for 32 years, found just weeks apart

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Print Editions

A Tale of Two Ships

Jed Jaworski July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 3 comment

An odd dock

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

The Makings of the “Crown Jewel” of South Fox Island

Staff Reports July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 1 comment

How volunteers make it happen

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 8 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

A Three-hour Tour

Staff Reports July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 1 comment

Tours to North Manitou lighthouse crib begin

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 8 , News , Print Editions , Railroad History

The Well-Traveled Painted Lady

Staff Reports July 1, 2021July 3, 2021 1 comment

Copemish Depot finds new home near Glen Arbor

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 5 , Print Editions

A Memorial Day Story

Staff Reports May 28, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

Northern Michigan daughter strives to bring home MIA airmen from a World War II mission

2021 , Businesses , Farmers , Farms , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Issue 5 , Print Editions

Farming, Family Style

Nicole L. Bates May 23, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

Sixth generation of Lindgrens raise bovine in Benzie County

Featured Stories , History , Iconic Person , Issue 4 , Print Editions

History of Harriet Quimby

Staff Reports April 28, 2021June 3, 2021 0 comment

First licensed U.S. female pilot, queen of the Channel crossing

2021 , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 3 , Law Enforcement , Print Editions

Murder and Manhunt in March 1930

Staff Reports March 19, 2021June 3, 2021 1 comment

Officers and vigilantes search the hills of Honor

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 2 , Maritime History , Print Editions

The Royal Frontenac

Jed Jaworski February 22, 2021June 3, 2021 6 comment

A brief, golden age of Frankfort… but not the last

2021 , COVID-19 Heroes , Featured Stories , History , Issue 1 , Print Editions , Skating , Sports

Benzonia Ice Rink: If You Build It, They Will Come

Aubrey Parker February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 1 comment

Longevity of the ephemeral ice rink

2021 , Baseball & Softball , Essays , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 1 , Print Editions , Sports

Not Getting Hank Aaron’s Autograph

Staff Reports January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 0 comment

Reconciling with the past

2020 , History , News

Lumberjacks and Cracker Jacks

Staff Reports December 2, 2020December 21, 2020 0 comment

By P.G. Misty Sheehan Ghost towns—sometimes called “boomtowns”—were formerly bustling communities where a natural resource, such as gold, was exploited and subsequently depleted, then the town was quickly abandoned. Most people are aware of Wild West ghost towns, such as California’s famous Tombstone or Bodie, but they are generally unaware of Northern Michigan’s host of […]