MEANDERING MICHIGAN HISTORY
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  • New Prohibition Book
  • Two Convicts, Two State Troopers
  • Joseph Van Blerck -
  • The Mellus Newspapers- The Beginning of a Journalism Chain
  • Michigan Sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor
  • Detroit's Own Polar Bears:
  • Michigan Moments-Fog, Julia Tibbitts, Ecorse Rowing Club
  • Samuel Porter Ballard, Michigan’s Pioneer Journalist, Hoosier, and Fireside Poet
  • Two Cavalrymen-
  • Dr. Edward Dorsch
  • Monroe Memories and More
  • Downriver Back in the Days
  • Aunt Bett's Christmas Legacy
  • Captain John Miner: Savvy Skipper, Skillful Skater
  • Marie and the Ghost of Monguagon
  • Genevieve, the Stone Loupe Garou, and Tonnancour: A Legend of Lake St. Clair
  • Hy Dahlka and the Detroit River
  • Thomas Jefferson Anderson-Environmentalist
  • Heinz Prechter-Entrepreneur and Downriver Enthusiast
  • Julia K. Tibbitts, Ordinary Environmentalist
  • Ecorse Along the Detroit River -Downriver Back in the Days Slide Show
  • Crisscrossing Michigan's Mackinac Bridge- Connecting Adventure and Culture
  • Slavery in Detroit and Downriver
  • Emma, the Christmas Tree Ship and Captain Santa
  • Alfred Burt and Wihla Hutson Carols Send a Musical Christmas Carol to the World Every Year
  • Michigan Mariners and Their Vessels
  • E.B. and Samuel Ward - Captains of Great Lakes Shipping
  • The Captains Napier and Lake Michigan Storms
  • The Hacketts of Boblo Island
  • Detroit Mariner Captain Francis Martin Sailed Through Nineteenth Century American History
  • The Maritime Mixed Blessings of Captain John Pridgeon
  • Richard Leonard Rides a Storm from Michigan to Canada and Back
  • Captain Robert D. Mayo Invented a Revolving Lifeboat
  • Poodle and Captain Henry Balfour Sail the Barge Keweenaw
  • Frank Kirby's Great Lakes Legacy and the Bob-Lo Boats
  • Captain Calvin Ripley Encounters a Rock
  • Captain Luther Harvey, Soldier and Mariner from Monroe, Michigan
  • CQD, Captain Peter Kilty and Pere Marquette Number 18
  • Captain George L. Thompson and the Pere Marquette 16
  • Did Captain John McKay Float a Bottle Note as the Manistee Sank?
  • The Captain and His Daughter Clementine
  • Captain Henry Woods, Muskegon's Traveled and Talented Life Saver
  • Thomas Adams Fought the Great Detroit Fire and Operated Tugs with Captain Robert Hackett
  • Old John Hebert, the French Fisherman of Lake St. Clair
  • The Eastland/Wilmette Steamed a Wide Wake on the Great Lakes
  • A Bright Red Lightship, LV75, Guided Ships Across Lake St. Clair
  • Preston and Napier Entrepreneurs and Sailors Shape St. Joseph, Michigan
  • The Icebreaker Mackinaw Enjoys a Second Career as a Maritime Museum
  • The Lake Michigan Steamer Alpena Sinks in a Monster October Storm
  • Two Great Lakes Ships Still Make Ghostly Voyages
  • Michigan People
  • Edgar A. Guest, Michigan's Only Poet Laureate
  • Judge Halmor Emmons Built a Country Home in "Swampy Ecorse"
  • The Murderer and the Museum Curator: Nathan Leopold and Kirtland's Warbler
  • Glenn Seaborg, Michigan Native, World Class Scientist
  • Helen and Dickson Bishop Survive an Earthquake and the Titanic
  • James Mitchell Ashley: Radical Republican and Under and Above Ground Railroad Baron
  • William Alden Smith, Michigan's Titanic Senator
  • Bill and Nell Lively Make Maritime History on Isle Royale
  • Crossing Lake Michigan to Get Married in Michigan
  • The Pioneering Clarks of Ecorse, Brownstown, and Northville
  • Michigan Women - Lucena Brockway- Copper Country Pioneer
  • Ruth Becker's Faith Helps Her Survive the Titanic and Life Beyond
  • Maebelle Mason and Mamajuda Lighthouse
  • Surrender on Demand - The Lifelong Friendship of Mary Jayne Gold and Miriam Davenport
  • Meandering Through Michigan
  • De Zwaan- The Swan- Windmill Immigrates from Holland to Holland
  • FDR's Secret Fishing Trip to Lake Huron
  • Are Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes? Exploring the Question
  • Moonlight Deer Hunting Along Lake Huron’s Secluded Beaches, Hunting Camps, and the Alpena-Amberley Ridge
  • Port Crescent- A Michigan Vanishing Village
  • Beaver Island- Fisherman's Paradise, Mormon Kingdom, Pirate Lair
  • Canada's Silver Islet - Mining Silver under Lake Superior with Backing from Detroit
  • Lake Superior Builds Sand Mountains in Grand Marais Harbor
  • Definitely Downriver
    • Definitely Downriver - Ray Knox, Lincoln Park
    • Backwater River and British Bluster
    • Fur Trading on the Detroit River
    • Skedaddling to Canada and Back
    • The Downriver Underground Railroad
    • Downriver and the Patriot War - 1838
    • Lake Sturgeon and the Detroit River - Historic Partners
    • Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Cruise the Detroit River in 1959
    • Jefferson Avenue's Checkered Past
    • Submarine Trials in the Rouge River
    • History of the Ecorse Rowing Club- Rafting the Waters and Pulling an Oar for Ecorse
    • Another Ford - John Baptiste Ford Builds Downriver History
    • River Rouge in the News - 1949
    • Three Ecorse Farm Boys Join the Michigan Cavalry
    • Six Confederate Officers Stage a Nautical Escape Through Downriver
    • Confederate Spies and Pirates on the Detroit River
    • Little Ecorse and River Rouge Built Big Ships- The Story of the Great Lakes Engineering Works
    • President James Monroe Inspected Michigan Territory
    • Eagles Once Again Soar Over the Detroit River
    • Joseph O'Connor, Detroit River Sailor
    • A Few Downriver Swashbucklers and Steamers
    • Eli LeBlanc Witnesses Rum Running in Ecorse
    • Ecorse Presbyterian Church History
    • Ecorse Sawed Its Way Through Michigan's Lumber Boom
    • High Street and Two Ecorse Fire Chiefs Connected by Fate and Friendship
  • Fiction: Imaginary Lenses- Stories About Great Lakes Lighthouses
  • The November Christmas Trees of Copper Harbor
  • Little Lights - Great Lakes Maritime Stories for Kids
    • Lenny and Olly Avoid Stinky Socks!
    • Joseph, the Swan, and the Nazi Soldiers
  • Books About Ecorse
  • New Ecorse Book, Ecorse Along the Detroit River
  • Two Convicts, Two State Troopers
Honoring veterans at the World War II memorial beside the Detroit River in Ecorse.
Lake Erie's many Monroe, Michigan moods.
Freighting ore from Lake Superior.
Sailing to Lake Huron.

Come Meander Michigan History with me...

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Let's meander through some of Michigan history together - meander in the sense of focused exploration of the highways and byways of Michigan history, and not aimless wandering!  Michigan has too much interesting history to support any aimless wandering!

I am Kathy Warnes, and all of my life I have believed that history is more about people than dates, presidents and wars. Things that I firmly believe about history include:

  • History is relevant. It needs to be studied to give people a sense of where their lives fit into historical context, to give them a sense of belonging and connection to the human family, and to visualize what their own lives can mean to history.

  • Many of us are as Michael Crichton puts it, “temporal provincials.” Some people think that our own time is the only important, relevant time, and this attitude limits our spiritual and intellectual growth. History can show us all that stripped of 21st century technological trappings and attitudes, human nature has been consistent throughout history.

When I decided to build history websites - I have one for American history, one for world history, one for women's history - I wanted to try to demonstrate that history can be interesting and fun as well as academic and intellectual. I will work consistently toward this goal in continuing to build this website.

I want to welcome you and encourage you to make return visits because I am constantly posting new material.  I also welcome your comments at:  kathywarnes@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Kathy Warnes Ph.D. , historian, writer, and life-long student

(For detailed credentials check my writing website, Kathy Warnes Writer at  http://kathywarneswriter.weebly.com/)

Please check out my history websites:

Local History:
Ecorse Along the Detroit River

Union City Pennsylvania's Past Lives


American History:
History Because It’s Here

World History
Windows to World History

Women's History

Women of Every Complexion and Complexity


Written with the Wind, a website of stories, poems, plays, songs, and non-fiction (mostly history) for children.  Written With the Wind

Stories in Science - Science Fact and Science Fiction 


Magic Masts and Sturdy Ships
Maritime History

 Rafting the Waters and Pulling an Oar for Ecorse – The Story of the Ecorse Rowing Club

Amazon Books
Here is the link for these books on my Amazon author page
Amy, Laura, and the Snowflake Bear
Don’t Fence Me In:  Memories of the Fort Ontario Refugees and Their Friends
Downriver Prohibition:  Its People and Perspectives
Ecorse, Michigan:  A Brief History
Ecorse Along the Detroit River
Four Pigs, Four Wolves, and the Treaty of Styville
Granny Godfroy Grows Up!
Mary Walker’s Lighthouse
Rachel, a Prism of History:  The Story of Rachel Jackson
Rhymes and Reasons for the Seasons
The Year the Teacher Lived with Jeb
 
 
Google Play Books
Abby the Good Soldier
Searching for Spring
Singing Bicycle Safety Songs and Rapping Bicycle Safety Rhythms
Ginger and Ollie’s GRRROUCHY Day
Sarah Smelly Boots
The Magic Canoe
The Wind is My True Friend
Henry the Gentle Giant and January the Mean
Solo Soldier’s Stories
Grouchy King Doom and the Land of Gloom
 
History Blogs:  Monroe Memories and More

Onward Ohio History
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    Michigan Memos

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Copyright Notice

All of the material on this website is copyrighted.  You are free to link to any of the articles and to download any of the PDF books to read and use as long as you credit me as the author. You can contact me at:  kathywarnes@gmail.com
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  • Home
  • New Prohibition Book
  • Two Convicts, Two State Troopers
  • Joseph Van Blerck -
  • The Mellus Newspapers- The Beginning of a Journalism Chain
  • Michigan Sailors and Marines at Pearl Harbor
  • Detroit's Own Polar Bears:
  • Michigan Moments-Fog, Julia Tibbitts, Ecorse Rowing Club
  • Samuel Porter Ballard, Michigan’s Pioneer Journalist, Hoosier, and Fireside Poet
  • Two Cavalrymen-
  • Dr. Edward Dorsch
  • Monroe Memories and More
  • Downriver Back in the Days
  • Aunt Bett's Christmas Legacy
  • Captain John Miner: Savvy Skipper, Skillful Skater
  • Marie and the Ghost of Monguagon
  • Genevieve, the Stone Loupe Garou, and Tonnancour: A Legend of Lake St. Clair
  • Hy Dahlka and the Detroit River
  • Thomas Jefferson Anderson-Environmentalist
  • Heinz Prechter-Entrepreneur and Downriver Enthusiast
  • Julia K. Tibbitts, Ordinary Environmentalist
  • Ecorse Along the Detroit River -Downriver Back in the Days Slide Show
  • Crisscrossing Michigan's Mackinac Bridge- Connecting Adventure and Culture
  • Slavery in Detroit and Downriver
  • Emma, the Christmas Tree Ship and Captain Santa
  • Alfred Burt and Wihla Hutson Carols Send a Musical Christmas Carol to the World Every Year
  • Michigan Mariners and Their Vessels
  • E.B. and Samuel Ward - Captains of Great Lakes Shipping
  • The Captains Napier and Lake Michigan Storms
  • The Hacketts of Boblo Island
  • Detroit Mariner Captain Francis Martin Sailed Through Nineteenth Century American History
  • The Maritime Mixed Blessings of Captain John Pridgeon
  • Richard Leonard Rides a Storm from Michigan to Canada and Back
  • Captain Robert D. Mayo Invented a Revolving Lifeboat
  • Poodle and Captain Henry Balfour Sail the Barge Keweenaw
  • Frank Kirby's Great Lakes Legacy and the Bob-Lo Boats
  • Captain Calvin Ripley Encounters a Rock
  • Captain Luther Harvey, Soldier and Mariner from Monroe, Michigan
  • CQD, Captain Peter Kilty and Pere Marquette Number 18
  • Captain George L. Thompson and the Pere Marquette 16
  • Did Captain John McKay Float a Bottle Note as the Manistee Sank?
  • The Captain and His Daughter Clementine
  • Captain Henry Woods, Muskegon's Traveled and Talented Life Saver
  • Thomas Adams Fought the Great Detroit Fire and Operated Tugs with Captain Robert Hackett
  • Old John Hebert, the French Fisherman of Lake St. Clair
  • The Eastland/Wilmette Steamed a Wide Wake on the Great Lakes
  • A Bright Red Lightship, LV75, Guided Ships Across Lake St. Clair
  • Preston and Napier Entrepreneurs and Sailors Shape St. Joseph, Michigan
  • The Icebreaker Mackinaw Enjoys a Second Career as a Maritime Museum
  • The Lake Michigan Steamer Alpena Sinks in a Monster October Storm
  • Two Great Lakes Ships Still Make Ghostly Voyages
  • Michigan People
  • Edgar A. Guest, Michigan's Only Poet Laureate
  • Judge Halmor Emmons Built a Country Home in "Swampy Ecorse"
  • The Murderer and the Museum Curator: Nathan Leopold and Kirtland's Warbler
  • Glenn Seaborg, Michigan Native, World Class Scientist
  • Helen and Dickson Bishop Survive an Earthquake and the Titanic
  • James Mitchell Ashley: Radical Republican and Under and Above Ground Railroad Baron
  • William Alden Smith, Michigan's Titanic Senator
  • Bill and Nell Lively Make Maritime History on Isle Royale
  • Crossing Lake Michigan to Get Married in Michigan
  • The Pioneering Clarks of Ecorse, Brownstown, and Northville
  • Michigan Women - Lucena Brockway- Copper Country Pioneer
  • Ruth Becker's Faith Helps Her Survive the Titanic and Life Beyond
  • Maebelle Mason and Mamajuda Lighthouse
  • Surrender on Demand - The Lifelong Friendship of Mary Jayne Gold and Miriam Davenport
  • Meandering Through Michigan
  • De Zwaan- The Swan- Windmill Immigrates from Holland to Holland
  • FDR's Secret Fishing Trip to Lake Huron
  • Are Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes? Exploring the Question
  • Moonlight Deer Hunting Along Lake Huron’s Secluded Beaches, Hunting Camps, and the Alpena-Amberley Ridge
  • Port Crescent- A Michigan Vanishing Village
  • Beaver Island- Fisherman's Paradise, Mormon Kingdom, Pirate Lair
  • Canada's Silver Islet - Mining Silver under Lake Superior with Backing from Detroit
  • Lake Superior Builds Sand Mountains in Grand Marais Harbor
  • Definitely Downriver
    • Definitely Downriver - Ray Knox, Lincoln Park
    • Backwater River and British Bluster
    • Fur Trading on the Detroit River
    • Skedaddling to Canada and Back
    • The Downriver Underground Railroad
    • Downriver and the Patriot War - 1838
    • Lake Sturgeon and the Detroit River - Historic Partners
    • Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Cruise the Detroit River in 1959
    • Jefferson Avenue's Checkered Past
    • Submarine Trials in the Rouge River
    • History of the Ecorse Rowing Club- Rafting the Waters and Pulling an Oar for Ecorse
    • Another Ford - John Baptiste Ford Builds Downriver History
    • River Rouge in the News - 1949
    • Three Ecorse Farm Boys Join the Michigan Cavalry
    • Six Confederate Officers Stage a Nautical Escape Through Downriver
    • Confederate Spies and Pirates on the Detroit River
    • Little Ecorse and River Rouge Built Big Ships- The Story of the Great Lakes Engineering Works
    • President James Monroe Inspected Michigan Territory
    • Eagles Once Again Soar Over the Detroit River
    • Joseph O'Connor, Detroit River Sailor
    • A Few Downriver Swashbucklers and Steamers
    • Eli LeBlanc Witnesses Rum Running in Ecorse
    • Ecorse Presbyterian Church History
    • Ecorse Sawed Its Way Through Michigan's Lumber Boom
    • High Street and Two Ecorse Fire Chiefs Connected by Fate and Friendship
  • Fiction: Imaginary Lenses- Stories About Great Lakes Lighthouses
  • The November Christmas Trees of Copper Harbor
  • Little Lights - Great Lakes Maritime Stories for Kids
    • Lenny and Olly Avoid Stinky Socks!
    • Joseph, the Swan, and the Nazi Soldiers
  • Books About Ecorse
  • New Ecorse Book, Ecorse Along the Detroit River
  • Two Convicts, Two State Troopers