History
Historical people, places, and events in Benzie County.
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2019, Featured Stories, History, Issue 12, Maritime History, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreUnburied Treasure
Erosion from fall storms and record high water levels revealing shipwrecks
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Finding Lizzie
Locating a family member’s grave, with the help of a community
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2018, Businesses, Doctor, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 8, Medical, Print EditionsPaul Oliver Memorial Hospital
Maintaining health in a climate of failing rural hospitals
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2017, Featured Stories, History, Issue 4, Maritime History, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshorePreventing Drowning Deaths
National Park increases water-safety awareness
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2017, Featured Stories, History, Iconic Person, Issue 4, Nature, Non-Profit, Print Editions, Scientist / Researcher / Ecologist, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreThe Once and Future Otter Creek
An ode to brook trout and the river ecologists who study them
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Little-known local history from WWI
A Polar Bear Returned to Russia
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Not your grandmother’s libraries
Beulah, Benzonia libraries up for Aug. 2 millage vote
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2016, Events, Featured Stories, History, Maritime History, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreBaby Bears at Sleeping Bear
Especially for kids at the National Park
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African-American Pioneers in Benzie County
Their imprint on our collective history
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History of Michigan Shores, from a Ruthven’s Point of View
Frankfort’s U-of-M, Maize-and-Blue connection
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Elberta Mercantile: Everything Old Is New Again
Very heavy weird old things
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The Wheels on the Bus Go Benzie ’round
All aboard the Magical History Tour
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Cabbage Shed 2.0
Elberta’s cultural watering hole re-opens
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The Cabbage Shed’s History
According to Allen L. Blacklock’s book, History of Elberta, and records from…
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Caning Chairs on a Benzie Back Road
Mr. Joy’s 31 years of making things better
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Perfect Football Season, 50 Years Later: 1965 Panthers Celebrate “Coach”
Celebration starts at 5pm on September 11, 2015
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Cottage Names in a Favorite Place
The many ways people name paradise
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Le Griffon & Confederate Gold: Treasure Hunt Off the Frankfort Coast
Gold fever attracts media frenzy
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2015, Featured Stories, History, Maritime History, Nature, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshorePoint Betsie Lighthouse Illuminates Still
Museum and exhibit celebrate first full year
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2014, Featured Stories, History, Maritime History, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreThe Witch of November
First-person account of a fall storm from the deck
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Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?
Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy
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Mills Community House Turns 105
Annual fundraiser features Cole Porter music
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Bones in the Muck
A mystery unfolding
