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Makinen Tackle Company
Episode 57
The Makinen Tackle Company was started in 1940 by William Makinen, along with 3 employees, was making lures in his garage and painting them in the ba…
2 years ago
Michigan's Woodstock - The Goose Lake International Music Festival
Episode 56
The Goose Lake International Music Festival held August 7–9, 1970, in Leoni Township, Michigan. It was one of the largest music events of its era, an…
2 years ago
Isaac Wixom Lamb
Episode 55
Issac Wixom Lamb developed a knitting machine that made the production of gloves and mittens easier.
Produced by Michigan History Magazine
2 years ago
Jesuit Missions
Episode 54
The Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, played an important role in opening the Lake Superior country to French colonization and working w…
2 years, 1 month ago
Marquette University's Peppermint Farm
Episode 53
With a limited growing season and colder temperatures, Michigan's Upper Peninsula can be a challenge for agricultural development. In the mid 1920s, …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Rising Sun Shipwreck
Episode 52
The 133-foot steamer Rising Sun, bound for Benton Harbor, MI, after departing High Island (near Beaver Island) ran aground in Lake Michigan just off …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Mormon King
Episode 51
James Jesse Strang (born March 21, 1813, Scipio, N.Y., U.S.—died July 9, 1856, Voree, Wis.) was an American churchman and a dissident of the Church o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Stapling Porcelain
Episode 50
Learn about the rich history of Staple Porcelain, a process that only the most skilled artisans used to preserve valuables. Listen and never take glu…
2 years, 3 months ago
Aliya Hassen
Episode 49
Aliya Ogdie-Hassen, born on April 30, 1910, in South Dakota, is known as the "mother" of the Arab community in Dearborn-Detroit. Her parents were imm…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Green Book
Episode 48
The Green Book was a guidebook published annually from 1936 to 1966 by Victor Hugo Green, an African American postal worker. It provided African Amer…
2 years, 3 months ago