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Theodore H. Roethke Childhood Home / Theodore H. Roethke

Distinguished poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw and grew up in this house. The house was built around 1911 for his parents, Otto and Helen Roethke. Otto’s brother Carl lived in...

Distinguished poet Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) was born in Saginaw and grew up in this house. The house was built around 1911 for his parents, Otto and Helen Roethke. Otto’s brother Carl lived...

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Pioneer House

The Pioneer House opened in the early 1870s as a boardinghouse for lumbermen. Beginning as a 1 ½ -story building, it underwent three major renovations between 1885 and 1936 evolving into a hotel...

The Pioneer House opened in the early 1870s as a boardinghouse for lumbermen. Beginning as a 1 ½ -story building, it underwent three major renovations between 1885 and 1936 evolving into a hotel...

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The Northernmost Point of Lake Michigan

About a mile west of here is the northernmost point of Lake Michigan. This geographical location is of historical importance because the act of Congress which created the territory of Michigan in...

About a mile west of here is the northernmost point of Lake Michigan. This geographical location is of historical importance because the act of Congress which created the territory of Michigan in...

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Howell Carnegie Library / Howell Carnegie Library

The Howell library originated as the Ladies Library Association in 1875. That year, the ladies began offering books for lending. The need for spacious, permanent quarters grew, and in 1902, for...

The Howell library originated as the Ladies Library Association in 1875. That year, the ladies began offering books for lending. The need for spacious, permanent quarters grew, and in 1902, for...

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First State Prison

This was the original site of Michigan’s first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated...

This was the original site of Michigan’s first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres...

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Michigan School for the Blind / Administration Building

Michigan began educating the blind in 1859 at Flint’s Michigan Asylum. In 1879 the legislature established the Michigan School for the Blind, which opened here on September 29, 1880, with...

Michigan began educating the blind in 1859 at Flint’s Michigan Asylum. In 1879 the legislature established the Michigan School for the Blind, which opened here on September 29, 1880,...

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Mount Hope Cemetery

Mount Hope Cemetery opened as Lansing's new city cemetery in June 1874 on what was formerly the John Miller Farm. Between 1874 and 1881 the city vacated the Lansing City Cemetery, located on the...

Mount Hope Cemetery opened as Lansing's new city cemetery in June 1874 on what was formerly the John Miller Farm. Between 1874 and 1881 the city vacated the Lansing City Cemetery, located on...

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Oak Grove Cemetery (Dixboro)

Oak Grove Cemetery   The Village of Dixboro was primarily a farming community, revolving around the mills located on Fleming Creek.  It remained that way until 1925 when Plymouth Road was...

Oak Grove Cemetery   The Village of Dixboro was primarily a farming community, revolving around the mills located on Fleming Creek.  It remained that way until 1925 when Plymouth Road...

    Dixboro United Methodist Church

    Dixboro United Methodist Church   In its earliest years, the Village of Dixboro was served by "circuit-riding" preachers.  The infrequency of these visits and the "occurrence of carousing in the...

    Dixboro United Methodist Church   In its earliest years, the Village of Dixboro was served by "circuit-riding" preachers.  The infrequency of these visits and the "occurrence of carousing in the...

      Dixboro School

      Dixboro School   Constructed in 1888, the Dixboro School was part of Superior Township School District No. 2.  It stands on land set aside in the original village plat of 1826 as "a public square...

      Dixboro School   Constructed in 1888, the Dixboro School was part of Superior Township School District No. 2.  It stands on land set aside in the original village plat of 1826 as "a public square...