Michigan's Past

Not wanting an "X" app on my phone, I decided to start another account where I'll be posting more regularly. Hard to respect this app anymore when it doesn't even respect its own history

@R_Mi11er_ So does Twitter. I just want a functioning app with less stupid branding

@MichiganHist Sorry to see you go. Won't follow you to a Zuckerberg app - were they aggressively censor folks and suppress the truth.

Not wanting an "X" app on my phone, I decided to start another account where I'll be posting more regularly. Hard to respect this app anymore when it doesn't even respect its own history

@YpsiAlton The politics is bad behind all of these social media sites. If bluesky ever bothered to get running I'd consider trying it out there.

@MichiganHist Please post here if you ever start an account on a different platform than that. I would be happy to follow you just about anywhere other than Facebook/Instagram/"Meta".

@angermonsoon @YpsiAlton Can't get on Bluesky and the audience isn't there anyways. Also don't care for the politics behind it either

@YpsiAlton @MichiganHist Come and join on Bluesky!

Empty water shelf at Sefa's Grocery store in Howell during 2003 blackout [Livingston County Press and Argus 8/17/2003]

People waiting to buy items during the August 2003 blackout at a Grosse Pointe Kroger [AP Photo] mlive.com/news/index.ssf… #GrossePointe

Looking toward Downtown Detroit from Windsor during the August 2003 Blackout Source: atdetroit.net/forum/messages…

#OTD in 1942, this photo was taken during the Davison construction project, showing the nearly completed Woodward bridge over the freeway. The Davison, which runs east-west between M-10 & I-75, was arguably the first urban freeway constructed in the US: detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclop…

Celebrating 125 Years: Inspired by the Flora and Fauna of the Region?

Beltline Highway Development Would Aid Motorists Bypassing Lansing Lansing State Journal 7/27/1947

Small Korean War truce celebration pictured at the Detroit USO [Detroit Free Press 7/27/1953]

Blazing The Trail To Detroit Early signage put up along the route between Detroit and Chicago [Chicago Tribune 7/27/1919]

70 years ago today, the Korean War was effectively ended with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement . This shot from our collection shows a Dearborn donation drive underway for Korean War victims in June 1953.

#TBT Photograph of a pathway leading through the Beal Botanical Garden on the M.A.C. campus, date unknown. The text on the front reads "Botanic Garden M.A.C." For more information on current events celebrating the Beal Botanical Gardens, visit bealbotanicalgarden.msu.edu. #MSUHistory

If you were a voter for our Digital Michigan Newspapers grant entry earlier this year, thank you again!! The Ingham County papers are now online in CMU's portal here digmichnews.cmich.edu

Superior Engine Plant, Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, MI - ca. 1906 (via Vintage Michigan Postcards FB) facebook.com/groups/7170195…

#OTD in 1901, a Floral Parade was held to celebrate Detroit's bicentennial. Mounted on a streetcar truck, the float pictured here shows a scene from Detroit's history labeled "Navigation."

Early mention of twitter I came across in the 6/3/2007 Lansing State Journal

View of the Baraga stop on the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic railway, from about 125 years ago.

@JoshLipnik Been there. Also recommend the old interurban tunnel and canal ruins at Blackhand gorge nearby

checked another Louis Sullivan jewel box off the list this weekend in Newark, OH