Friday, January 22, 2016

The "Flying Toilet Seat Salesman": Pat Johns, Algoma's #1 Screwball and RAF Fighter Pilot

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Record Herald clipping If any Algoma resident trained with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Canada other than Newman “Pat” Johns, he did...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Ahnapee/Algoma and the Christmas Tree Connections

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Two Rivers’ Rogers Street Fishing Village has a treasure trove of information with its numerous artifacts from the famed Christmas tree ...
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Saturday, December 12, 2015

You're in the Navy Now

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Defeating the British during the naval Battle of Lake Erie in 1813 earned Oliver Hazard Perry a place in history, however it is his wor...
Friday, November 27, 2015

A Day to Give Thanks: Thanksgiving in Ahnapee/Algoma

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Thanksgiving is synonymous with turkey and pumpkin pie, although history tells us those at the first Thanksgiving feasted on shellfish, r...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Sunday Afternoons at the Majestic: How the Other Half Lived

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Sunday afternoon movies at the Majestic taught us how the other half lived. On Sunday mornings in church Father Heimann and Pastor Toepel t...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Halloween: When Kodan School Board "Got 'Em Good"

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Kodan's Postal Map, 1893 Trick of Treating is pretty big in most places but lots of Algoma kids – now of a certain age – never had ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Kewaunee County & the End of the Vast Pine Forests

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War of 1812 veteran Major Joseph McCormick was already living along Lake Michigan, in what would become Manitowoc County in 1836, when area...
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