Cooley Stadium!

Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 1:33 pm
Filed Under Baseball, MWLguide, Michigan
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My preferred name for Lansing's ballyard would be The REO Diamond. But it's not gonna happen.

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Captain Ward

Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Filed Under History, Michigan
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Eber Brock Ward was Michigan's most famous and most innovative Rich Man for much of the 19th century; his best comp is certainly Henry Ford, who flourished about 75 years later. I don't think anyone's written a full-blown biography of Ward, but there are pieces of him all over my library.

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Railroad Fever

Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Filed Under History, Michigan, Railroads, Stories
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The entire nation had the Railroad Fever in 1869. Michigan was nursing two outbreaks: Promoters were raising money to build a more direct line (an "air line") between Detroit and Chicago which would roughly follow the route of the Chicago Road, and actual construction was occurring for a line connecting Jackson and Grand Rapids. Both remain interesting, for different reasons.

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Autumn, Mulliken Road

Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 @ 6:50 pm
Filed Under Eaton County, Picture Show
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Took this on yesterday's lunch break. Colors are finally changing....

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Engineer’s Day

Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2005 @ 9:08 am
Filed Under History, Lakers, Sault Ste Marie
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In June of every year the Corps of Engineers holds an open house at the Soo Locks, and thousands of fans show up to explore the grounds, view the passing ships from an unusual perspective, and look over the exhibits. Yesterday was that day, and Joan and I were among the crowd. Here we see some of the visitors crossing the massive gate which holds back Lake Superior at the the downriver end of the 105 foot wide Poe Lock.

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