I will be at the Burt Opera House on April 26th at 7:00pm giving a presentation sharing some of my stories from southern Saginaw County and also from my travels around the state. The event is hosted by the Taymouth Township Historical Society and if you are wondering Burt is about 5 miles west of
This week is National Library Week and I am grateful that we have a fantastic Library in Saginaw. I wonder if Jesse Hoyt would have ever imagined the Library he so generously built would have microfilm, DVDs, CDs, and computers. I am also thankful that the people of Saginaw have supported the Libraries in Saginaw with
They say April showers bring May flowers but what does April snow bring? I love snow but I could do without it in April. I am ready for the trees to get green again. On April 26th at 7:00pm I will be giving a presentation at the Burt Opera House. In Burt of course. I
I took a pic of this old barn on Center Road in Kochville Twp. a few years ago. I drove past it recently and it was laying in a pile of wood and timber with some men working on it. I am not sure what happened to it but like many old barns, I have
When I drive down Remington near Saginaw General Hospital I see the field where North Intermediate School used to stand and its almost hard to believe a massive school building once stood there. It’s been about 4 years since the old school was razed. I hope you will subscribe to email updates since facebook prioritizes your
In the back of Saginaw’s Forest Lawn Cemetary is a massive stone mausoleum where lumber baron and railroad tycoon Wellington R. Burt is entombed. At the time of his death in 1919, he was the 8th wealthiest person in America and the second richest person in Michigan with Henry Ford holding that title. He is the only
I was going thru some of my old photos from a few years ago for Throwback Thursday and I saw this pic I took of Yak’s Deli. It was in the building on the corner of Genesee and Franklin that’s gone now. The Michigan Works building is there now. I never ate at Yak’s but some
Somehow I ended up at SVSU during this weekend winter wonderland weather event. I stopped and got a pic of Founders Hall. It was built in 1995. It amazes me how much the campus has changed and grown over the years. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful college in the Saginaw Valley. P.S. I
Five miles south of Saginaw on Sheridan Road is the Price Nature Center with over 3 miles of hiking trails. It’s a nice quiet place to go for a walk through the woods even on a cold day in the middle of winter. I have to admit that I am looking forward to going for
My friends over at Preservation Saginaw facebook page HERE posted a story about Real estate developer Jenifer Acosta and in the article, it says she is working on redeveloping the historic Bearinger building on Franklin Street. you can read it HERE I think the location of the Bearinger Building is perfect for development being next to the
