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Eden Township’s Indian Cemetery, part 1. Around the County – History is a presentation of Preferred Credit Union, www.preferredcu.org, located locally at 266 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Editor’s Note: This is the first of what I expect to be a series of stories on the Eden Township Indian Cemetery. As with any of my history stories,…
A look at history of Ludington schools. Oriole News is a presentation of Ludington Area School District in partnership with Mason County Press. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. As the opening of the new Ludington Area School District elementary complex nears, I thought it would be a good time to look at the history of the school district, focusing on the…
History: The Civil War veterans of Towns Cemetery. This MCP Great Lakes History Blog is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Memorial Day, observed this year on Monday, May 31, is a federal holiday that honors military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving…
History: A tragedy on Pentwater Lake. Around the County is a presentation of Preferred Credit Union, www.preferredcu.org, located locally at 266 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. I find cemeteries to be fascinating places. There is a certain calm of walking through a cemetery. As a historian, I also find cemeteries to be a place of inspiration. Every…
Did Hemingway spend the night in Scottville? By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. In the summer of 1917, 17-year-old Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), along with his parents, Dr. Clarence “Ed” Hemingway (1871-1928) and Grace Ernestine (Hall) Hemingway (1872-1951), and his 2-year-old brother, Leicester Hemingway (1915-1982), made their way through Mason County, on a road trip to their cottage on Walloon Lake in Emmet…
