Civil War

Discover how Alpena County addressed car-cow collisions with a unique solution - a cow tunnel.

Schoolcraft lost to Kalamazoo as being the county's biggest trade center; but there's also something they have that Kalamazoo doesn't...

This Michigan town made it a point to be integrated, no matter what the laws of the mid-1800s stated! Here's some very interesting reading and vintage photos...

Discover the hidden history of the Smith family gravesite along West River Drive in Comstock Park, a Civil War-era gem overlooked by many.

We're used to the names of these Michigan cities now, but they used to be called something else.

He asked to join in Ohio first, but they rejected him. Michigan answered the call of this 9-year-old American Hero.

An iconic Michigan classic! The Boston Cooler. How did these Mitten State creation get its name, and why you want to try Detroit's coolest summer tradition?

When he was 30, Payson Wolfe enlisted in the Union Army in August of 1863 at Northport and was in the service for 3 years. He became a member of the all-Native Company K of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.

Treasure ships of the Great Lakes: Your guide to over a billion dollars in gold, silver, jewelry, rare coins, and valuable cargoes aboard treasure ships in the Great Lakes

Weber was actually a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan and at 20 years old in 1860, he had initially only applied for a three-month enlistment in the Union Army, and even served as a recruiter in Kalamazoo for some time