“Oh. I have been looking forward to this stop on our tour of US-12.” Chuck’s eyes widened as we approached Drier’s Butcher Shop on South Elm Street in Three Oaks, Michigan. First opened in 1875, Drier’s Butcher Shop has served the Three Oaks community, surrounding areas and some well known […]
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With clogged traffic on I-96, I meandered east along Eleven Mile Road near the city of South Lyon. I was happily heading to Ann Arbor to meet my daughter for lunch. As I turned onto Milford Road I noticed American flags standing behind a black iron fence. It was a […]
Do you remember the tornado that struck downtown Kalamazoo on Tuesday, May 13, 1980? Within sixteen minutes the swirling tail had swung through the busiest corridor of Kalamazoo, making it the city’s worst natural disaster. Five individuals lost their lives that day and seventy-nine were injured. Remarkably many had been […]