Article: A Picturesque Situation: Mackinac Before Photography 1615-1860.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: A Picturesque Situation: Mackinac before ...
Ontario History;  March 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... able to exploit Mackinac's potential even ... Ann Arbor. In A Picturesque Situation: Mackinac before Photography ... transformations that affected Mackinac's colonial and ... obvious draw of A Picturesque Situation is the collection ...

Article: A picturesque situation; Mackinac before ...
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2008 ;     476 words ...9780814332146 A picturesque situation; Mackinac before photography, 1615-1860 ... Michigan, tells the story of Mackinac in Upper Michigan. From the ... beginning of the Civil War, Mackinac was a fur trading center, military ...

Article: Mackinac Island kicks off opening weekend. (Michigan) ...
PR Newswire;  May 11, 1990 ;     700+ words ...MACKINAC ISLAND KICKS OFF OPENING WEEKEND MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1780, Patrick Sinclair moved his fort from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island. And, for the past 210 years, people have continued ...

Article: Mackinac State Historic Parks to Create Innovative ...
PR Newswire;  October 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ...MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Mackinac State Historic Parks (MSHP) has recently begun the ... learning center in the 1830s-era Indian Dormitory on Mackinac Island, due to open in the summer of 2010. The project ...

Article: Mackinac State Historic Parks Unveils Old Mackinac ...
PR Newswire;  June 12, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... December, 1957: The foghorn at Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse sounded its solemn song -- a "last blast" before Mackinac Bridge lights eclipsed the beacon ... Thursday, June 15 at 11 a.m., Mackinac State Historic Parks (MSHP) recreates ...

Article: Mackinac Island Rides Into Summer with Plenty of ...
PR Newswire;  May 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ...MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- When you host more ... more than 600 horses are making their way across the Straits of Mackinac to spend the summer on Mackinac Island transporting everything from freight to newlyweds. The ...

Article: Mackinac, Straits of, and Mackinac Island
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...MACKINAC, STRAITS OF, AND MACKINAC ISLAND MACKINAC, STRAITS OF, AND MACKINAC ISLAND. The waters of lakes Michigan and Superior unite with Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac and the Saint Marys River. Lying at the crossroads of the upper ...