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Captain Aaron G. Peer was born in Dundas, Ontario, in 1812, and moved to Algonac, Michigan, in 1821. In 1833, Peer and his brother built a schooner and went in to the lake transport business, locating at the tip of Michigan's thumb. Peer also began a grindstone quarry at this site, and by 1850 was selling $3000 of grindstones a year.
The great Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km 2 ) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought , hurricane -force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 , and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques of ...
Algonac (/ ˈ ɔː l ɡ ə ˌ n æ k / AWL-gə-nack) is a city in St. Clair County of the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] The population was 4,196 at the 2020 census.. Incorporated as a village in 1867 and again as a city in 1967, Algonac is located at the southern end of the St. Clair River and contains a long boardwalk and riverfront park.
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The annual regional outdoor show and sale features more than 120 local artists and craftsmen. A major art and craft show returns to downtown Wilmington. Here's what to know.
Huron County is at the northern tip of the Thumb, which is a sub region of Mid Michigan. It is a peninsula, bordered by Saginaw Bay to the west and Lake Huron to the north and east, and has over 90 miles (140 km) of shoreline, from White Rock on Lake Huron to Sebewaing on the Saginaw Bay.
The Thumb Octagon Barn is an historic and unique barn located outside Gagetown, Michigan. It was built in 1924 [1] by local businessman James Purdy who hired local builders George and John Munro to construct the barn. Purdy was inspired to build the unique barn when he saw similar barns in Iowa. Purdy sold his farm in 1942.
Some research shows that personality traits might play a role in someone’s likelihood of developing PTSD after a trauma. For example, one study found that kids who react strongly to new things ...