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African-American Pioneers in Benzie County

Staff Reports July 7, 2016February 9, 2023 4 comment

Their imprint on our collective history

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History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 2 comment

Frankfort’s U-of-M, Maize-and-Blue connection

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Elberta Mercantile: Everything Old Is New Again

Staff Reports June 23, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Very heavy weird old things

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The Wheels on the Bus Go Benzie ’round

Staff Reports June 9, 2016December 28, 2016 0 comment

All aboard the Magical History Tour

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Cabbage Shed 2.0

Jacob Wheeler May 26, 2016December 28, 2016 0 comment

Elberta’s cultural watering hole re-opens

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The Cabbage Shed’s History

Jacob Wheeler November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 0 comment

According to Allen L. Blacklock’s book, History of Elberta, and records from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, the site where The Cabbage Shed now sits, on Waterfront Lots 16 and 17, was first occupied by a general merchandise store, built in 1867 by George A. Douglas. It was the first commercial building in Elberta, which […]

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Caning Chairs on a Benzie Back Road

Beau Vallance October 9, 2015 2 comment

Mr. Joy’s 31 years of making things better

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Perfect Football Season, 50 Years Later: 1965 Panthers Celebrate “Coach”

Staff Reports September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 1 comment

Celebration starts at 5pm on September 11, 2015

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Cottage Names in a Favorite Place

Beau Vallance September 9, 2015 0 comment

The many ways people name paradise

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Le Griffon & Confederate Gold: Treasure Hunt Off the Frankfort Coast

Jed Jaworski June 17, 2015 2 comment

Gold fever attracts media frenzy

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Point Betsie Lighthouse Illuminates Still

Jacob Wheeler June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 0 comment

Museum and exhibit celebrate first full year

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The Witch of November

Jed Jaworski November 14, 2014 6 comment

First-person account of a fall storm from the deck

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Early Native American Potsherds Discovered in Sleeping Bear Dunes

Staff Reports November 13, 2014 0 comment

At least 500 years old

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Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?

Staff Reports August 14, 2014March 30, 2015 0 comment

Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy

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Mills Community House Turns 105

Susan Koenig July 31, 2014December 15, 2014 0 comment

Annual fundraiser features Cole Porter music

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Bones in the Muck

Jordan Bates July 29, 2014 2 comment

A mystery unfolding

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Living with Fire in Northern Michigan

Jacob Wheeler June 12, 2014December 15, 2014 0 comment

By Jed Jaworski Current Contributor Residents of Northern Michigan, like much of the nation, are reevaluating our long held perceptions on fire in the environment. Fire professionals, ecologists and climate experts are all telling us fire will be in our back yard, but can we actually live “with” fire? The answer is that we may […]