The origination of the Au Sale Riverboat at Grayling about 1872 by Reuben S. Babbitt Sr.
an early settler, guide and operator of fishing camps on the Au Sable and Manistee rivers.
Unique to the Au Sable the boat fitted a special need for fishing . . . — — Map (db m213394) HM
Chief Shoppenagon
Chief David Shoppenagon was born in Indianfields, a Chippewa Indian Village in the Saginaw River Valley. In 1795 his grandfather, also a Chippewa chief, was among the Indians who met with General Anthony Wayne at Fort . . . — — Map (db m200599) HM
The partnership between the City of Grayling and Camp Grayling remains strong after a hundred years. Established on May 2, 1913, under Michigan Public
Act 172, Camp Grayling exists because of the generosity of Rasmus Hanson, a Grayling resident who . . . — — Map (db m213401) HM
This trout stream was constructed to replace three straight channels, which were edged with broken concrete and rusty steel sheet piling, were silted over time to a shallow depth and were warming the water as they flowed slowly to their outlets . . . — — Map (db m230874) HM
This beautiful trout-like fish, with its sailfish-like dorsal fin, was plentiful in our local rivers in the middle and late 1800s. The grayling were easy to catch, fun to catch and tasted too good.
Wagon loads of grayling were caught and . . . — — Map (db m230790) HM
December of 1872, Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad Company had laid track to Crawford and a freight house was built. In those days railroad companies named the Railway Stops, and in this instance the J.L. & S. Decided on Crawford. The present . . . — — Map (db m125498) HM
The Grayling Fish Hatchery was established in 1914 by local lumber baron Rasmus Hanson, together with several notable wealthy sportsmen (including Henry and Edsel Ford), as a private fish hatchery.
The native grayling fish were gone from the . . . — — Map (db m230716) HM
The M60 Tank, has been in service from 1959 until
present, it features a 105 mm main gun. The M60 was a cold war
staple for the U.S., and it was used to handily defeat the Iraqis in
Desert Storm. A crew of 4 is needed to operate the 50-ton . . . — — Map (db m213395) HM
Engineer • Soldier Martyr to his country
Lieut., 9th Cavalry, USA Spanish American War
Major, 20th Engineers, USA World War
That his name may be recorded and his virtues remembered, this remnant of the primeval pine forests which he loved is . . . — — Map (db m169875) WM
In 1882, residents of Grayling built the town's first church for the Methodist Episcopal congregation that had organized in 1879. In 1918, local lumberman Nels Michelson donated funds to erect a large brick church in honor of his late wife, . . . — — Map (db m95652) HM
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While now extinct in Michigan, members of the grayling family are found in Montana, Europe, and the Arctic. The grayling are related to the trout and salmon and are distinguished by a thyme-like odor and a long wavy dorsal . . . — — Map (db m200656) HM
The 75 MM Pack Howitzer (redesigned
the M116 in 1962) is an artillery piece that has been in service from
1927 to present. The gun has a 6-man crew and fires a shell that
weights over 18 pounds, with an effective range of 5.5 miles. It . . . — — Map (db m213397) HM
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star or T-Bird was first produced in 1948 and was last used by the
Bolivian Air Force in 2017. While mainly a "trainer" the T-33 saw some
usage later by other countries in combat. The T-33 could attain a . . . — — Map (db m213399) HM
The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4 was
the most widely used medium tank by the United States and
Western Allies in World War II. The Sherman tank was manned by a
crew of 5, and featured a 75mm main gun, along with a .50 . . . — — Map (db m213400) HM
The Kirtland's Warbler was first identified in 1851 from a specimen collected on Dr. Jared Kirtland's Ohio farm. The birds originally depended on fire-created young jack pine forests for summer nesting. Such forests in northern Michigan became their . . . — — Map (db m182423) HM
A concern over the depletion of Michigan's forest led in 1899 to the creation of a forestry commission. In 1903 the first state forest was set up by the legislature on cut-over, burned-over lands in Roscommon and Crawford counties. The same year . . . — — Map (db m213393) HM
Built in 1907 by Ed Kellogg and Gustav Ernst. Operated as a school until 1937. Moved from Jackson Hole, seven miles down Lovells Road in July 1991, and renovated. — — Map (db m182349) HM
Thomas E. Douglas
Born and raised in Canada, Thomas E. Douglas came to Saginaw as an adult to work as a bookkeeper in his uncle's lumber mill. Upon moving to Grayling with his wife, Martha, in 1893, Douglas managed the R. Hanson Lumber . . . — — Map (db m176147) HM
