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When Ships Ruled the Lakes The D&C Navigation Legacy
Season 5 Episode 69
Before the freeways, before commercial flights, lake steamers were the gateway to the Midwest.
In this episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we char…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Dying Sparlings: Murder, Mystery, and a Thumb Town in Turmoil
Season 5 Episode 68
In 1911, the tiny farming town of Tyre, Michigan, was rocked by a string of mysterious deaths in the Sparling family. Over the course of two years, f…
1 year, 6 months ago
Frozen Rescue — The 1911 Walker Brothers Mission
Season 5 Episode 67
In January 1911, two young brothers vanished into the frozen waters of Lake Huron. What followed was one of the most daring rescue efforts in Great L…
1 year, 6 months ago
Pontiac’s War: Fire on the Frontier, Peace in the Shadows
Season 5 Episode 66
Pontiac’s War: Fire on the Frontier, Peace in the Shadows
In 1763, as British flags replaced French ones across the Great Lakes, the First Peoples of …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Lost City Under Lake Huron – Michigan’s Oldest Known Hunting Site
Season 5 Episode 65
Beneath the waters of Lake Huron lies one of the oldest known hunting grounds in North America. In this episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we ex…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Sinking of the Lady Elgin – Milwaukee’s Night of Mourning
Season 5 Episode 64
The Sinking of the Lady Elgin – Milwaukee’s Night of Mourning
In this emotional 10-minute episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we recount the 1860…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Grand Central Hotel Kinde – From Port Crescent to the Wagon Wheel
Season 5 Episode 63
What do you do when your town dies? If you're William Carter and William McCoy in 1880s Michigan, you move your hotel — building and all — to where t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Tracking Chief O-ta-was – The Story of a Teen Fur Trader Edward Petit on Saginaw Bay
Season 5 Episode 62
In this episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we uncover the remarkable 1838 journey of 15-year-old Edward Petit, the first European child born in …
1 year, 6 months ago
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company: Remarkable Tales from Michigan’s Golden Age of Steam
Season 5 Episode 61
Step aboard the grand steamers that once ruled the Great Lakes. In this episode, we trace the story of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company — f…
1 year, 6 months ago
Bay Port and the Gillingham Fish Company A Saginaw Bay Legacy
Season 5 Episode 60
Explore the rise, golden era, and trials of Bay Port, Michigan’s Gillingham Fish Company – once the world’s largest freshwater fishery – in this docu…
1 year, 6 months ago