Whenever I look at an old map of Saginaw I can’t help but look at where I lived and where my parents and grandparents lived. Then I found one map and had noticed where I lived on Durand Street there was a big oval and the words “Union Park” The entrance to the park was
The goal is to provide grants to public school art teachers in Saginaw county to purchase art supplies for their students. A portion of the process from the sale of Pure Saginaw calendars and merchandise will fund this project Art teachers use supplies that many other teachers don’t need and schools don’t have the budget to
#9 Cemetery Office and Trolley station The building at the entrance of forest lawn cemetery was constructed in 1913 as a public service building with an art deco interior it contained a sexton’s ( the person who maintains the cemetery) office and housed the records of the city cemeteries, when the trolleys rode the rails
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“Most Saginawians either come somewhere else and retain strong ties with the community they’ve left or are natives who have no pride in the city, most have an escapist attitude and they try to get away from Saginaw as often and for as long as possible” Dr Hugh T. Caumartin August 4th 1960 I read
The Bearinger Fireproof Building at 126 N. Franklin was built in 1882 by Lumber Baron Isaac Bearinger. He also built the first electric trolley system running from Saginaw to Bay City and was Vice President of the Saginaw Paving Brick Co. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is significant
One of the most well known houses in all of Saginaw has to be the “Cat Lady’s House” on Washington Ave. near the railroad tracks just south of Downtown Saginaw. Before Rosemary and her pet leopard Chichu lived there, the house was built by one of Saginaw’s prominent lumber barons. English immigrant Charles Lee came
I found this old photo of Genesee Street at the Library of Congress. I am not sure of the exact date but it looks like the early 1900’s with the horse drawn buggies and the early Automobile parked on the street. I hope you will click on it to look at it full size. On
the 2016 Pure Saginaw Calendar is now in stock, I had several people tell me they loved last years calendar and I think you will like the one this year. Thank you to everyone who purchased one last year, it really helps me with expenses to do this website and I would mean a lot
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