I found this large panorama photo in the Library of Congress archive taken on the corner of Michigan Ave and Court Street in 1912. It is fascinating to look at. You can see the old courthouse and it looks like there is a water-pump on the corner. It’s strange how most of the south side of Court St. is
Unlike many of the other breweries in Saginaw that started out a small independently owned brewery, Banner started out in 1901 with investors that build a large brewery on the corner of Genesee and Pheolon. The firm of Houtteman and Cramer from Detroit built a state of the art brewery for a cost of $100,000, an
S/Sgt Louis “Louie” Zdrojkowski was born March 13, 1925 in Saginaw MI. He went missing in action August 7, 1945. Louie was a true American hero. At the age of 18 he entered the US Army. He volunteered for the Army Air Corp and became a top-turret gunner on his B-29 Superfortress. His family didn’t
I remember asking my grandparents what they would do on the weekends when they were younger and they told me they would go to Riverside Park. In 1894 the Union Street Railway built the park to encourage people to ride the trolley on the weekends. The park was at Green Point on the Tittibawassee river in the
I got to wondering what is the oldest business still in operation in Saginaw County, here is the list I came up with. It’s a diverse list, in a wide range of industries, from businesses that are now large corporations to ones that are still family businesses . 1889 Dornbos Printing Impressions Dornbos Printing Impressions began in 1889 as Friedman Hynan
Click on the photo to see full size image I found this old photo of Downtown Saginaw on the Library of Congress website and found it to be fascinating to stare at. My grandfather was born in 1910 and I can imagine this is what Saginaw looked like to him as a kid growing up.
Congrats to Jill Yaklin she is the winner Enter to win an awesome embroidered Pure Saginaw hat made by Sport-Tee located right here in beautiful Saginaw Michigan on Shattuck Road next to 7-11. they were kind enough to make one for me to give away, so I hope you check out their website HERE They are
The oldest surviving residence on Saginaw County was erected by two of its prominent settlers. In 1844 Benjamin and Adelaide Cushway built this house one-half mile northwest of here, near what is now the intersection of Court and Hamilton Streets. The house was moved twice, once in 1867 and again in 2001 to its
The credit union on the corner of State and Midland has been there for a while now and I almost forgot about the beautiful old house that use to sit on that lot. Sadly, the house was demolished in 2009 and I never got a photo of it and wished that I did,
The Saginaw Evening News declared the Hoyt Library “a noble institution” and “the pride of all Saginawians” when it opened in 1890. The library was a gift to the people of Saginaw from New York businessman Jesse Hoyt (1815-1882), who had real estate and lumber interests in the Saginaw Valley. Hoyt’s will set aside
