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Lost Benzie County
by Dr. Louis Yock for the Benzie Area Historical Society
After the Civil War in the 1860s, veterans came to Benzie County and settled the farmlands, lumber companies began to harvest the timber, and railroads soon crisscrossed the landscape. Villages with churches and schools such as Nessen City and Aral came to life, mill owners and workers and their families built company towns like Carter Siding, Averytown, and Watervale. When the lumber died out, these towns virtually disappeared, and the largest towns, such as Thompsonville and Honor, were reduced in size and population. But by then, the Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette railroads were bringing tourists to the county, and entrepreneurs turned mill town,s farmland, and lakefront into Worden's and Thompsons' Resorts on Platte Lake, and Robinson's and Pautz's Resorts on Crystal Lake. Today, they exist only in local lore, along with the mill towns and lumber camps that preceded them and the railroads, ships, and ferries that once transported Benzie County's people and merchandise. Using archival photographs from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, Lost Benzie County tells the distinctive story of the county's past, its towns, resorts, people, and businesses.
$21.99 ($29.31 including taxes and shipping)
After the Civil War in the 1860s, veterans came to Benzie County and settled the farmlands, lumber companies began to harvest the timber, and railroads soon crisscrossed the landscape. Villages with churches and schools such as Nessen City and Aral came to life, mill owners and workers and their families built company towns like Carter Siding, Averytown, and Watervale. When the lumber died out, these towns virtually disappeared, and the largest towns, such as Thompsonville and Honor, were reduced in size and population. But by then, the Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette railroads were bringing tourists to the county, and entrepreneurs turned mill town,s farmland, and lakefront into Worden's and Thompsons' Resorts on Platte Lake, and Robinson's and Pautz's Resorts on Crystal Lake. Today, they exist only in local lore, along with the mill towns and lumber camps that preceded them and the railroads, ships, and ferries that once transported Benzie County's people and merchandise. Using archival photographs from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, Lost Benzie County tells the distinctive story of the county's past, its towns, resorts, people, and businesses.
$21.99 ($29.31 including taxes and shipping)
Faithful Unto Death: Arsenic shatters a family in nineteenth-century Michigan
by Becky Thacker
Taking a true story of a murder in her own family, Beck Thacker has crafted a historical mystery novel whose case of characters rapidly builds, including William Henry Thacker as deputy sheriff, deacon in his church, a kind man...but perhaps just a trifle too fond of the attracitve young housekeeper and Charlotte Spencer, the pretty missionary sister, almost saintly in her efforts to bring Jesus to the Armenians in the mountains of Turkey, though a bit prone to exaggeration. She could be a suspect--or the next target.
$22.95 ($34.33 including tax and shipping)
Taking a true story of a murder in her own family, Beck Thacker has crafted a historical mystery novel whose case of characters rapidly builds, including William Henry Thacker as deputy sheriff, deacon in his church, a kind man...but perhaps just a trifle too fond of the attracitve young housekeeper and Charlotte Spencer, the pretty missionary sister, almost saintly in her efforts to bring Jesus to the Armenians in the mountains of Turkey, though a bit prone to exaggeration. She could be a suspect--or the next target.
$22.95 ($34.33 including tax and shipping)
Crystal Lake
by Dr. Louis Yock for the Benzie Area Historical Society
About 9 miles long and 2 miles wide, Crystal Lake has been a recreational center in northwest Michigan for over 100 years. However, resorts and vacations were not the intention of Benzonia's first settlers, who arrived to found a religious colony and college. When Crystal Lake was accidentally lowered in 1873, cottages, camps, and resorts sprang up along with the beaches. Using archival photographs from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, Crystal Lake tells the distinctive story of the lake's past, its towns, resorts, people, and businesses.
$21.99 ($29.31 including taxes and shipping)
About 9 miles long and 2 miles wide, Crystal Lake has been a recreational center in northwest Michigan for over 100 years. However, resorts and vacations were not the intention of Benzonia's first settlers, who arrived to found a religious colony and college. When Crystal Lake was accidentally lowered in 1873, cottages, camps, and resorts sprang up along with the beaches. Using archival photographs from the Benzie Area Historical Museum, Crystal Lake tells the distinctive story of the lake's past, its towns, resorts, people, and businesses.
$21.99 ($29.31 including taxes and shipping)
Shared Moments
A large "coffee table" book with photographs of Benzie area history, including lumbering, railroads, carferries, tourism, agriculture, and friendly people, from its inception through the 1950s. The photos are enhanced with wonderful quotes gathered from the works of local authors and respected writers and historians.
$35.95 ($48.95 including tax and shipping)
$35.95 ($48.95 including tax and shipping)
The Ann Arbor Railroad
by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt
With a mainline that originated in the industrial port city of Toledo, Ohio, the Ann Arbor Railroad stretched northwest in a diagonal line across the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to reach Frankfort and adjacent Elberta, where its tracks terminated on the shore of Lake Michigan. From its Elberta facility, the Ann Arbor blended trains and Great Lakes car ferries to operate a unique transportation system that survived for nearly a century. At its peak, the "Double A" operated out of its Elberta terminal with boats that carried freight cars and passengers to four different ports: Kewaunee and Manitowoc in Wisconsin, and Manistique and Menominee in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
$21.99 ($29.31 including tax and shipping)
With a mainline that originated in the industrial port city of Toledo, Ohio, the Ann Arbor Railroad stretched northwest in a diagonal line across the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to reach Frankfort and adjacent Elberta, where its tracks terminated on the shore of Lake Michigan. From its Elberta facility, the Ann Arbor blended trains and Great Lakes car ferries to operate a unique transportation system that survived for nearly a century. At its peak, the "Double A" operated out of its Elberta terminal with boats that carried freight cars and passengers to four different ports: Kewaunee and Manitowoc in Wisconsin, and Manistique and Menominee in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
$21.99 ($29.31 including tax and shipping)
Waiting for the Morning Train
by Bruce Catton
In this memoir, Civil War scholar, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Bruce Catton, with affection and humor, tells about growing up in Benzonia, Michigan, in the early 1900s. This is a must read for anyone wanting to learn about life in small-town Michigan at the turn of the twentieth century.
$21.50 ($28.79 including tax and shipping)
In this memoir, Civil War scholar, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Bruce Catton, with affection and humor, tells about growing up in Benzonia, Michigan, in the early 1900s. This is a must read for anyone wanting to learn about life in small-town Michigan at the turn of the twentieth century.
$21.50 ($28.79 including tax and shipping)
Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries
by Grant Brown, Jr.
Crossing Lake Michigan with loaded freight cars was a treacherous task that presented daily obstacles. This vivid history gives voice to the crews and their ships as they battled the storms and ice without modern navigational aids or adequate power. This definitive history of the Ann Arbor car ferries is compiled from various archives, old newpaper articles, annual reports from as far back as 1889, and interviews with former employees. Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan was designated a Michigan Notable Book in 2009 by the Library of Michigan.
$24.95 ($32.45 including tax and shipping)
Crossing Lake Michigan with loaded freight cars was a treacherous task that presented daily obstacles. This vivid history gives voice to the crews and their ships as they battled the storms and ice without modern navigational aids or adequate power. This definitive history of the Ann Arbor car ferries is compiled from various archives, old newpaper articles, annual reports from as far back as 1889, and interviews with former employees. Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan was designated a Michigan Notable Book in 2009 by the Library of Michigan.
$24.95 ($32.45 including tax and shipping)
Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area
by Peter Sandman
Michigan-based glider pilots and designers found their soaring paradise in the early 1930s when they ventured north to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. The explorers began to promote the sport to national and international prominence, and many came to make up a veritable who's who of American aeronautics. Historican Peter Sandman, recipient of soaring awards from the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, New York, and the Los Angeles-based Citizen Savings Athletic Foundation, joins forces with his son, Jeffrey, who has written extensively on soaring in the Sleeping Bear Dunes national Lakeshore area relative to early tourism and promotion in northwestern Michigan.
$19.99 ($27.19 including tax and shipping)
Michigan-based glider pilots and designers found their soaring paradise in the early 1930s when they ventured north to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. The explorers began to promote the sport to national and international prominence, and many came to make up a veritable who's who of American aeronautics. Historican Peter Sandman, recipient of soaring awards from the National Soaring Museum in Elmira, New York, and the Los Angeles-based Citizen Savings Athletic Foundation, joins forces with his son, Jeffrey, who has written extensively on soaring in the Sleeping Bear Dunes national Lakeshore area relative to early tourism and promotion in northwestern Michigan.
$19.99 ($27.19 including tax and shipping)
Daylight in the Swamp: An oral history of logging in Northwest Michigan
by William and Edith Overlease
The authors began to interview the men and women involved with the logging industry in 1965, and recorded the stories of direct participants from the 1890s to 1916, though some accounts go back to the 1880s. The transcriptions retain the dialect and vocabulary of the old lumberjacks and workers. This work is an unparalleled primary source for anyone interested in the lumbering history of Northwest Michigan.
$20.00 ($29.31 including tax and shipping)
The authors began to interview the men and women involved with the logging industry in 1965, and recorded the stories of direct participants from the 1890s to 1916, though some accounts go back to the 1880s. The transcriptions retain the dialect and vocabulary of the old lumberjacks and workers. This work is an unparalleled primary source for anyone interested in the lumbering history of Northwest Michigan.
$20.00 ($29.31 including tax and shipping)
Benzie County Trail Guide: 20 trails for hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing
by Jim Stamm
A quick reference of trails in Benzie County used primarily for hiking, but they can also be used for mountain biking, and most can be used for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Estimated trail lengths, hiking times, road distances and difficulty are provided, along with a map which shows their locations in Benzie County.
$9.95 ($17.55 including tax and shipping)
A quick reference of trails in Benzie County used primarily for hiking, but they can also be used for mountain biking, and most can be used for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Estimated trail lengths, hiking times, road distances and difficulty are provided, along with a map which shows their locations in Benzie County.
$9.95 ($17.55 including tax and shipping)
Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike
by M. Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson
A pictoral history of Michigan's most famous road. Originally M-11, the West Michigan Pike was the first continuous, improved road between Michigan City and Mackinaw City. The book depicts the adventure and romance of motoring on Michigan's most prominent early highway. The book is illustrated with many vintage postcards, photographs, maps, and ephemera illustrating the journey to quaint towns, hotels, cabins, tourist camps, and state parks.
$35.00 ($47.10 including tax and shipping)
A pictoral history of Michigan's most famous road. Originally M-11, the West Michigan Pike was the first continuous, improved road between Michigan City and Mackinaw City. The book depicts the adventure and romance of motoring on Michigan's most prominent early highway. The book is illustrated with many vintage postcards, photographs, maps, and ephemera illustrating the journey to quaint towns, hotels, cabins, tourist camps, and state parks.
$35.00 ($47.10 including tax and shipping)