Hometown History Tours 2nd Annual Southeast Michigan Heritage Tourism Networking Event Capitalizing on our Local History Thursday, May 12, 2011 8 AM to 4:15 PM (Continental breakfast begins at 8:15, Program at 9 AM) Stone Creek Banquet Center Click here to register now! One Maguire Street (I-75 Exit 29B at Gibraltar Road) inside the Flat Rock … More 2nd Annual SE Michigan Heritage Tourism Networking Event
Grosse Ile Then and Now…An Island Sketchbook and Tour Guide is available for purchase at the Grosse Ile Historical Society Museum, Grosse Ile Welcome! Home Center, now located in the Prudential Landmark Properties building on Macomb Street, Grosse Ile Hardware and Times Square Boutique. The booklet contains 50 reproductions of the sketches originally done by William T. (Tommy) Woodward for the … More Grosse Ile Then and Now, An Island Sketchbook and Tour Guide
In June 2010, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announced it was putting the Custer guidon found at the famed Battle at the Little Big Horn up for auction with Sotheby’s. Read original article here. The auction will take place on December 10, 2010. Read more here.
Friends in history, the Monroe County Historical Museum needs your help! Become part of a new organization that’s forming called the Friends of the Museum. The organization’s goal will be to work together to keep the museum’s doors open. Find out more at the Open House this Sunday, December 5th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Monroe County Historical Museum is … More Monroe County Historical Museum faces huge losses in 2011
They thought finding the remains of Michigan’s first governor (the Boy Governor) would be a cinch, especially since his remains had been relocated in 1955. Everyone was getting nervous though today and yesterday, when construction workers worked to unearth the remains for removal to another part of Capitol Park but couldn’t find any evidence. Well, … More Remains of Michigan’s first governor found | detnews.com | The Detroit News
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For Immediate Release Hometown History Tours is pleased to announce that David Ingall of Temperance, Michigan will serve as guest narrator for the Southeast Michigan Civil War Remembrance Lunch & Learn Bus Tours, the Battle of the River Raisin War of 1812 Walking Tours, and the 5-day Michigan at Gettysburg Bus Tour. “I’m please to … More David Ingall to narrate Michigan-based Hometown History Tours Civil War, War of 1812 bus and walking tours
River Raisin Walking Tours Registration Click here for detailed tour information Book tours by mail 1. Call 734.642.5712 first to make phone reservation 2. Follow by mailing check for appropriate amount to: Hometown History Tours 24410 Hickory Drive Grosse Ile, MI 48138 Book tickets online using PayPal Click on links of desired Battle of the … More River Raisin Walking Tours Registration
“The thing to remember when you hear people bashing Detroit is it’s the largest engineering center in the world. Detroit took this country from mud roads to suburban sprawl connected by ribbons of concrete and on to the moon.” … More Ford’s Forgotten Plant: Birthplace of the Model T
Explore southeast Michigan and allow our region’s storied past to unfold! In so Distant a Place as Traverse City: The Northern Michigan Relatives of Elizabeth Bacon Custer by Julie Schopiery The life story of General George Armstrong Custer is widely known, and biographies have been written about his wife, Elizabeth ( Libbie) Bacon Custer, who was a staunch supporter … More Book on Elizabeth (Libbie) Bacon Custer’s Traverse City Roots
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