Jan 22, 2018 | Strange History
STRANGE AND UNUSUAL HISTORY The River Raisin Massacre – A Bloody Disaster Written by Mysterious Michigan A depiction of Fort Detroit in 1812 Attribution Starfort.com The Battle of Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor…the River Raisin Massacre? These three attacks...
Nov 30, 2016 | Strange History
By Amberrose Hammond If you grew up in Michigan, chances are you made one – or many – family trips to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland. It was the mid-1980s when I made my first voyage to the Mecca of holiday decor. The visual assault of millions of...
Feb 23, 2016 | Strange History
STRANGE HISTORY Tragedy at Italian Hall – Michigan’s Worst Christmas Disaster Calumet Written by Tonya Blust | My Michigan Several hundred people gathered at Calumet’s Italian Hall on December 24, 1913. Their goal? To celebrate the Christmas season and get their...
Feb 23, 2016 | Strange History
STRANGE HISTORY The Banker Who Became A Robber Written by Tonya Blust | My Michigan As William Treadwell sat behind his desk at People’s Bank in Hudson, a small community in southern Michigan’s Lenawee County, he mulled over the opportunity that presented itself. It...
Feb 23, 2016 | Strange History
STRANGE HISTORY AND TRUE CRIME The Unsolved Mystery of the Robison Family Murders Written by Tonya Blust | My Michigan Blog The smell was overwhelming that July day in 1968 as Chauncey Bliss approached the cabin he had built years earlier near the community of Good...
Feb 17, 2016 | Strange History, Mysterious
MYSTERIOUS MICHIGAN The Mysterious Michigan Relics Written by Chad Stuemke | Chadstuemke.com “All matter must be in a constant state of flux to ensure progress, for what was wrong yesterday might be right tomorrow.” Henriette Mertz In the late 1800s, farmers and...