In the 1960's, the introduction of Coho and Chinook Salmon into Lake Michigan was the beginning of great expansion of sport fishing.
In 1964, over 600,000 Coho smolts were stocked in the Platte River and Bear Creek, both tributaries of Lake . . . — — Map (db m98357) HM
The "Abbie" was the last schooner built at the Ludington docks in 1886 for Rasmus Rasmussen. At 88 feet long, 22 feet wide, and with a 6 foot draft, this double-masted, 88-ton schooner was typical of those that sailed the Great Lakes. On most . . . — — Map (db m98353) HM
On Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) at Court Street, on the left when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive.
At least twenty-nine persons died when this vessel sank in Lake Michigan twenty miles off the Wisconsin coast on September 9, 1910. One of the Ludington carferry fleet, the 350 foot S.S. Pere Marquette 18 was traveling from this port to . . . — — Map (db m98338) HM
On Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) north of Pere Marquette Street, on the left when traveling north.
On November 11, 1940, a severe storm swept the Great Lakes area. As it crossed Lake Michigan ships and seamen fought to reach safety away from its blinding winds and towering seas. Between Big and Little Points Sable the freighters William B. . . . — — Map (db m98333) HM
Near State Highway 116, 5.4 miles north of Piney Ridge Road.
Called Grande Pointe au Sable by French explorers and traders, Big Sable Point was an important landmark for mariners traveling a treacherous stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline between Big Sable Point and present-day Ludington. In 1855 . . . — — Map (db m41966) HM
On Ludington Avenue (U.S. 10) at Rowe Street, on the right when traveling east on Ludington Avenue.
Mason County
The first permanent Euro-American settlement in Mason County began in 1847 when New York native Burr Caswell and his family arrived at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River. The Caswells lived in a driftwood cabin near the . . . — — Map (db m97328) HM
On Ludington Avenue (U.S. 10) at Rowe Street, on the right when traveling east on Ludington Avenue.
This monument is gratefully dedicated to the memory of those Michigan heroes of Mason County who gave the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, in the service of the United States of America.
The monument also places in high esteem all other American . . . — — Map (db m97332) WM
S.S. Badger
S.S. Badger is one of fourteen ships that served in the Ludington railroad car ferry fleet. Badger and its sister ship S.S. Spartan, were built in 1952 by the Christy Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, . . . — — Map (db m97277) HM
On Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) at Pere Marquette Street, on the left when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive.
In memory of the carferry "S.S. City of Flint 32," driven ashore during the Great Armistice Day Storm of November 11, 1940 about 500 feet off shore of this location. Vessel returned to service. — — Map (db m98336) HM
On East Danaher Street at South Lavinia Street, on the right when traveling west on East Danaher Street.
During the 1870s and 1880s, Ludington Swedes, Danes and Norwegians worshipped together as the Scandinavian Lutheran Society. In 1873 the society built a church where all three languages were spoken. The Swedes, who formed their own congregation on . . . — — Map (db m106848) HM
On Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) at Haight Street, on the left when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive.
Dedicated in grateful tribute
to the living and dead who
through their valiant efforts
and bitter sacrifice
have made and kept
America great
Spanish-American War 1898-1899
World War I 1917-1918
World War II 1941-1945
Korean Conflict . . . — — Map (db m98332) WM
On Lakeshore Drive (State Highway 116) at Stearns Drive, on the left when traveling north on Lakeshore Drive.
These elms were planted by
the Auxiliary of
Edwin H. Ewing Post No. 76
American Legion
in honor of the men
of Mason County who served
in the World War of 1914-1918 — — Map (db m98331) WM
Near South Lakeshore Drive, 0.5 miles north of Iris Road, on the left when traveling north.
For generations of Ludington residents, the statue of the "Boy and Girl Under the Umbrella" was the center piece of the City Park.
The statue, made entirely of a cast metal, originally had been positioned on the front lawn of the James Foley . . . — — Map (db m107090) HM
On South Main Street near U.S. 10, on the right when traveling south.
White settlers came to this area around 1860. In 1876 a station on the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad opened. In 1879, James Sweetland built a sawmill adjacent to the railroad, which precipitated the establishment of a post office for the . . . — — Map (db m106796) HM
