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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.
ROCHESTER — The Granite State Choral Society invites you to the Shop 'Til You Drop Craft Fair on Saturday, May 11. The fair will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rochester Community Center, 150 ...
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After working for Hobart for a time, Smith founded his own company to distribute Hobart equipment. Smith and his family lived in Highland Park, Michigan, but owned this plot of land along the St. Clair River near Algonac for summer trips. In the late 1930s, the Smiths decided to build a summer house on the property to take advantage of the ...
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. pp. 17, 233, 255, 449, 479, 500. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6.
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.