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Heading to Bed (a Railroad Bed) in Clare County, Michigan
A Walk Along an Old Railroad Bed I went for a long walk a couple of weeks ago (before the winter snow) on state land, along a path that was once the bed of an old railroad track that ran from Hatton to...
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A Little DDT With Your Milk?
I was looking through some back issues of the Clare County Cleaver, a local newspaper with offices in Harrison. The folks at the office are always very open to allowing me to go through their archives....
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Clare County Michigan History in Photos
I added a video to You Tube, well, basically a slideshow that consists of old photos. Most of them show the cities of Clare, Harrison and Farwell. The show lasts about 6 minutes and music in the...
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A Divorce in the Country
Attorney: The child that was born, at the time was it born dead? Plaintiff: Yes, just at that moment, but if we had help it wouldn’t have been born dead. A: What did your husband say he was going to do...
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Starting a Clare County Library
Clare County, Michigan has a rich history, but not one that has inspired a lot of writers to put pen to paper. As opposed to counties in other sections of the state, like Wayne County, Kent County or...
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Putting a Face to History
One of the amazing things about historical research is that it can get personal. That’s personal as in meeting people and not just learning facts and figures. Another amazing thing is how one bit of...
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Michigan Lumber Pikes
The following article by Fred C. Olds appeared in the July 1953 issue of Railroad Magazine. I thought it was a terrific article, although it does not really break new ground. It also contained a...
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‘Dropped Dead!’ (What was the Editor Thinking?)
It’s interesting to read old newspapers. You never know what tidbits of information you will find that brings history to life. Even if the article has to do with death. Take this one that appeared in...
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1.8 Million Years of Clare History (or 150 feet)
Note: This is the first of two posts dealing with the geologic history of Clare County, Michigan, USA. Ever take a good look at our county? Its rolling landscape, many bodies of water (20 Lakes in 20...
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A Face to a Name in a Graveyard
Jim Garrity went off to war. Jim was a farm kid from rural Clare County, Michigan, a poor, sparsely populated county in mid Michigan. According to family history, Jim enlisted in the navy in Nov. 1917...
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James Garrity was a Clare County farm boy, the only boy in a family of four sisters. He was 19 years old when he convinced his mother, over the objections of his father, to join the Navy. James...
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A review of a new book by Jon H.Ringelberg Thou shalt not kill: Exodus 20:13 It’s one of the 10 Commandments and even people who don’t read the Bible know of that one. Sadly, it’s also a commandment...
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