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Manistee County History

How to Spend 24 Hours in Manistee, a City with a Storied Past

How to Spend 24 Hours in Manistee, a City with a Storied Past

by Kim Schneider | Jul 8, 2021 | History, Towns, Vacation

Take your Northern Michigan adventure up a notch by spending 24-hours in Manistee. Here are four different ways to stay and play in this region with a storied past. You may know Manistee by its Victorian faÇade and Old Christmas Weekend, and while you’ll still...
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive Restoring Old Growth Forests Internationally

Archangel Ancient Tree Archive Restoring Old Growth Forests Internationally

by Carly Simpson | Apr 5, 2021 | Counties, Farm and Agriculture, History, Outdoors

Founder David Milarch calls Archangel Ancient Tree Archive the “most hopeful project on the planet.” Learn how the work Archangel does helps restore old-growth forests across the world. Featured in the April 2021 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s...
Summers are Magic at Arcadia’s Watervale Inn

Summers are Magic at Arcadia’s Watervale Inn

by Emily Guziak | Jun 25, 2020 | Counties, Evergreen, History, Towns, Up North Essays, Vacation

There was a time and place during my childhood when I was sure my dad loved me. It was on our two trips each summer to the Watervale Inn in Arcadia, Michigan, traveling from my childhood home in Winnetka, Illinois. At Watervale, my Greatest Generation dad was...
Manistee County Offers Virtual Tours of 100+ Historical Sites

Manistee County Offers Virtual Tours of 100+ Historical Sites

by Emily Oakes | Apr 4, 2020 | Counties, History, Live Here, Towns, Vacation

From the theater where James Earl Jones got his acting start, to the world’s oldest continuously manned operating fire station, to the largest wooden suspension bridge in the Lower Peninsula, there are 100+ sites to visit virtually from the safety of your living room...
Manistee Fire Station is the World’s Oldest Continuously Manned Operating Fire Station

Manistee Fire Station is the World’s Oldest Continuously Manned Operating Fire Station

by Carly Simpson | Jun 21, 2019 | Counties, History, Towns

The Manistee Fire Station at 281 First Street was awarded the title for “Oldest Continuously Manned Operating Fire Station” by Guinness World Records. This is the first time Guinness World Records has ever made this award designation—one that required the...
If These Walls Could Talk … Stories From Historic Northern Michigan Schoolhouses

If These Walls Could Talk … Stories From Historic Northern Michigan Schoolhouses

by Lissa Edwards | Apr 16, 2019 | Counties, Evergreen, History, Live Here, Towns

They appear suddenly, tucked in the curve of a county road or nestled in a clearing on a hill. Maybe brick, maybe a faded clapboard, but always with the same sturdy shape: one-room schoolhouses live on in Northern Michigan. Featured in the September 2000 issue of...
Lake Michigan Manistee Lighthouse Restoration Continues

Lake Michigan Manistee Lighthouse Restoration Continues

by Carly Simpson | Jul 15, 2016 | Counties, History, Towns, Vacation

Visiting Manistee this summer? Be sure to stop by the Manistee Lighthouse and see the ongoing renovations at the historic site. Most noticeably, the fresh coat of white paint. The new exterior paint is part of a restoration project headed by the Manistee County...

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