Historical
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“Common Sense” of a Founding Father
Thomas Paine celebrations in Benzie County
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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, 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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How Cinder Road Got Its Name
From charcoal to road surface
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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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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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Rice Centennial Farm
All in the family, for more than 100 years
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2021, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 10, Maritime History, News, Print EditionsRoaring Dan Seavey
The pirate of Lake Michigan
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A Memorial Day Story
Northern Michigan daughter strives to bring home MIA airmen from a World…
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Farming, Family Style
Sixth generation of Lindgrens raise bovine in Benzie County
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Murder and Manhunt in March 1930
Officers and vigilantes search the hills of Honor
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2021, Baseball & Softball, Essays, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 1, Print Editions, SportsNot Getting Hank Aaron’s Autograph
Reconciling with the past
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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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Little-known local history from WWI
A Polar Bear Returned to Russia
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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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That Guy Who Walks Doone
A boulevardier and his “official” dog
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Who Pulled the Plug at Crystal Lake?
Details of the Tragedy… err, Comedy
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2019, Businesses, Featured Stories, Historical, History, Iconic Person, Issue 10, Maritime History, Print Editions, Sleeping Bear Dunes National LakeshoreFishing Legacy Lies at Bottom of Betsie Bay
The tale of a faithful ship and the “Good Will” of a…
