Michigan is the only state with two points where the survey of the state was started. Why? Most history references only give part of the story.
A visit to Meridian Baseline State Park will show you the references. But, there is a story to tell. It was a wet year in 1815, the surveyors had it tough.
Here is the story behind it all.
I was amazed to learn from our friend, Brian Toronyi, that a bomb had accidently been dropped near his home in South […]
From the stucco patio of our hotel room in Cagliari, Sardinia we could hear drumming. It was a Thursday, February 20th so […]
Did you know that there had been a Great Black Swamp southwest of Lake Erie? In 1813 a soldier had written that […]
