The old abandoned fairgrounds on the corner of Genesse and Webber streets may see some changes in the near future. I recently saw a post on One Week One Street’s facebook page about the Saginaw Fairground’s Project. A fey years ago the Webber street gate was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The
Travelo trailers were built by the Raymond Products Company on Rust Street. The company started out building wood truck cabs in the 1920’s and in 1931 they started making travel trailers with masonite sides and canvas roofs. During World War II they sold trailers to the military painted army green for use as mobile offices and
I was out exploring Old Town taking some pics, and I made my usual stop under the Court Street bridge to see what’s new, and I was greeted by this owl staring back at me. The “artwork”(or vandalism)is always changing under the bridge, some good and some not so good. It’s a favorite location for
Sometimes I get these crazy ideas, and I have to try them to see if I can make it work. I did some screen printing when I worked at Trippensee Corp in Old Town years ago so I decided why not screen print my own shirts. I have been working on making shirts myself, and trying
Many years ago I had to do a project for history class for school about the Vietnam War and since my dad was in Vietnam I asked him about the war. The one thing I remember him telling me is that he was drafted right out of high school in the 60’s and he said
In the back of Oakwood Cemetery is the veterans section with a Civil War Monument surrounded by tombstones of the veterans that so proudly served in the military. You will notice one marker is a lot cleaner than the rest of the markers. I don’t know who Ross F. Huffman is other than what is
There is only one Veteran’s Hospital in the Unites States of America named in honor of a woman, and that would be the Aleda E. Lutz V.A. Medical Center on Weiss Street. Born in 1915 in Freeland. a graduate of the Saginaw General Nursing School, she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in November
I liked this old barn on Lanwndale with the American Flag proudly displayed on the side of it. When I was a kid growing up I remember a lot of old barns around the north west part of Saginaw Township and Kochville Twp. I still remember the old barn near Applebees on Tittabawasse Rd. yeah
It was a beautiful weekend in Saginaw. I hope you got out and enjoyed it as much as I did. I think we are blessed to have several parks and public places to go hiking or play in. I like this photo of Hoyt park with the blue skies and the golden dandelions, I guess to
The Grand old Masonic lodge once stood where the civic center is now. It was demolished before I was born, and my grandfather would always tell me about the majestic lodge the Mason’s had in downtown Saginaw. I always wondered what the inside looked like. I see the stained glass window over the doorway is
