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The End of the Road in Michigan

Thumbwind Publications

This audio collection of amazing short stories is taken from the Great Lakes region and the Tip of Michigan’s Thumb. We love Michigan"s history, places to see, and things to do in Michigan. Each episode is taken from feature articles from Thumbwind.com and Michigan4you.com. So, as a podcast, you can enjoy them anytime and anywhere. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s tale from the End of the Road in Michigan. Thank you for taking the time to listen to check out and listen to our little

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Special - Monthly Great Lakes Water Level Report for...

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2021/04/10

During 2020 the entire Great Lakes broke record water level records. This affected businesses, homes, cottages, and tourism. Each month Thumbwind provides a summary update compiled from various reports of the Army Corps of Engineers - Detroit District. Here is the latest update.

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Ep. 20 - 6 Fascinating Places to See at Harbor Beach...

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2021/02/28

Today, we have a travel log of a small town in the upper thumb of Michigan. Harbor Beach lies on the sunrise side of the eastern shore of Lake Huron. It is a small town with a huge harbor. It’s a neat place to visit and we want to reveal some of the things you can do here.

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Ep. 19 - The Snowshoe Priest - Venerable Bishop...

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2020/09/24

Bishop Frederic Baraga was the first bishop of Marquette. For 37 years, he was a missionary priest among the Indians and settlers in the Upper Great Lakes. His presence shaped the region, and he is revered for his defending Native American lands during treaty land acquisition by the U.S. Government.

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Ep. 18 - Michigan Thumb Jewish Colony of Palestine

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2020/08/27

During the late 1800s, there was a movement by wealthy barons in Europe to establish Jewish colonies all over the world. In 1883 the Hebrew Relief Society of Detroit, assisted by the Baron de Hirsch Committee, settled a colony of Russian Jews in the Thumb. This new Michigan Jewish Colony was located about five miles northeast of Bad Axe. They called their settlement the Palestine Colony.

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Ep. 17 - Chilly Sebewaing Fishtown 1878

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2020/07/23

A tale about a winter ice fishing Fishtown settlement on the ice on Saginaw Bay, on Lake Huron in the 1870s.

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Ep. 16 - The Sacred White Rock and Thumb Salt Industry

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2020/06/18

This week we have two short tales from the Upper Thumb of Michigan. The first is about the famous, and sacred landmark called White Rock. It was a landmark used by Native Americans for 100's of years in Lake Huron and has an interesting history today. The second is about the Michigan Salt production industry when the state led the nation in refined salt production. So sit back, relax, and enjoy our stories from the End of the Road in Michigan.

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Ep. 15 - The St. Joseph and Saginaw Indian Trails

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2020/05/27

This episode covers two well known Indian trails in Michigan. The St Joseph Trail which runs east-west from Ann Arbor to Niles, Michigan, and the Saginaw Trail which starts in Detroit and ends in the former native American village know as Saginaw. Today both of these former trial are now major highways and the location of the Detroit Dream Cruise.

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Ep. 14 - Michigan Indian Tales of the Upper Thumb

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2020/05/11

Today’s we have two tales about the native American history in the Upper Thumb of Michigan. Prior to European settlement, the Thumb region was considered a rich hunting and gathering area for the Anishinaabe, and the area was highly fought over. One tale is about Chief Standing Oak and the great battle near Sebewaing and the other is about the Sand Ridge Indian trail, which is part of today's M-25.

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Ep. 13 - History of Pointe Aux Barques

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2020/04/18

Today’s tale is about the history of Pointe Aux Barques Michigan, a summer cottage resort community built by a railroad executive in the 1890s.

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Ep. 12 - The Vanishing of New River Michigan

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2020/04/11

Near the tip of the eastern side of Michigan’s thumb, lays a small cluster of neatly appointed cottages and mobile homes. Some have a commanding view of Lake Huron. This neighborhood is situated near a creek called New River. There is a street with a neat name Tip O Thumb Drive. It describes the neighborhood perfectly. It’s almost idyllic. The question is, did someone develop this as a neighborhood during the cottage boom after World War II? Surprisingly this cottage retirement community is way

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Ep. 11 - The Legend of Whiskey Harbor and the Purple...

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2020/04/04

On the eastern edge of Michigan’s Thumb lies a lonely and very rocky cove on the shore of Lake Huron. It’s hard to imagine that this beautiful remote setting was the site for criminal activity during the time of Michigan Prohibition for over 12 years. Here is the story.

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Ep. 10 - Luxurious Times of Great Lakes Cruising...

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2020/03/28

This week we take you back to when shipping was the only way to luxuriously travel across the Great Lakes. We look at cruise ship travel from the mid-1800s until its near end, in the 1950s. Now that cruising the Great Lakes is making a comeback, this is a story you might want to hear before you venture out.

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Ep. 9 - You Can Camp in a Ghost Town in Michigan's Thumb

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2020/03/21

Port Crescent State Park is one of the largest state parks in southern Michigan. Located at the tip of Michigan’s “Thumb”, along three miles of sandy shoreline of Lake Huron, the park offers excellent camping, fishing, canoeing, hiking, cross-country skiing, birding, and hunting opportunities. However, a little-known aspect of this park, is that it sits on the location of a ghost town

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Ep. 8 - Seven Things to Know About Your Kayak Paddle...

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2020/03/14

It's considered one of the most amazing sites in the Upper Thumb. Carved over time, by the force of constant wave action, the soft limestone has been shaped to its namesake and separated from the mainland over thousands of years. CNN called it, one of the Most Amazing Rock Formations in America.

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Ep. 7 - Cold War at the Port Austin Air Station and...

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2020/03/07

This week, we will be covering two shorter stories taken from Thumbwind. The first is about the Port Austin Air Force station that operated in the Upper Thumb during the cold war. The second is about the Thumb’s first major industry in Grindstone City.

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Ep. 6 - The 1881 Great Michigan Fire Forever Changed...

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2020/02/29

This story about the 1881 Michigan Fire is one of our most viewed from our website. 138 years ago, over a series of several days, a devastating fire overtook the Thumb. This story offers a synopsis of the days of that horrific event and its aftermath.

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Ep. 5 - The Faded Glory of Huron City, Michigan

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2020/02/22

Michigan small towns have a special place in the hearts of their inhabitants. However, some towns slowly fade from their once-busy streets to a scene resembling a stopped clock. No longer functional, but certainly recognizable. One such town is Huron City, Michigan. This is a spot where you can find original furniture, decorating a home as it looked over 150 years ago, and browse in a store as it looked and was stocked in the early to mid-1900s. It's a charming example of the late nineteenth-century

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Special Bonus Episode - How Art, Kayaking, and a...

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2020/02/15

This short story is about how Port Austin, a sleepy little town at the tip of Michigan’s Thumb, is transforming itself into a unique destination for Kayakers, Tourist, and Artists.

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Ep. 4 - The President's Whispers, the Story of the...

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2020/02/15

The 20th President of the United States, James Garfield, did not build or own this 1850s landmark Inn in Port Austin, Michigan. But he was a rather frequent visitor. The fascinating history of the Inn really resides with the family that built the house, Charles and Maria Learned.

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Ep. 3 - History the Mysterious Charity Island in...

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2020/02/07

There it sits — a lush tree-lined island on the horizon of Saginaw Bay. Big and Little Charity Islands are ten miles from the western shore of Michigan’s Thumb. Except for a couple of seasonal residents who live and host tours at the lighthouse keepers house, the island is uninhabited. These islands are considered, by the US Fish and Wildlife Services, has one of the more remote and least visited islands in the Michigan Island National Wildlife Sanctuary. Visitors are few due to the bolder filled

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