A native of New York, contractor Charles G. Learned helped build New York City’s waterworks system and the Erie Canal. Around 1857, Learned and his brother-in-law purchased several thousand acres of pine land in Michigan’s Thumb area. Two years . . . — — Map (db m160068) HM
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During the mid-1850s the firm of R. B. Hubbard and Company, which included Connecticut-born entrepreneurs Langdon Hubbard, his brother Watson, and cousin Rollin B., built a steam-powered sawmill on Willow Creek. The company . . . — — Map (db m160462) HM
To the men and women of this community who helped preserve the freedoms of humanity for all ages to come
★ ★ ★
Let none forget they gave their all and faltered not when came the call — — Map (db m226918) WM
The storm of November
9-11, 1913, has proven
to be the worst natural disaster
in the recorded history of the
Great Lakes. The devastation
was unprecedented. More than
two hundred-fifty sailors lost
their lives: 25 ships were sunk
or . . . — — Map (db m226917) HM
This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Winsor Snover Bank
1884 — — Map (db m226972) HM
