‘Tis the season for winter squash
If they’re grown in the summer and sold in the fall, why are so many fruits (yes, they are fruits not veggies) considered to be winter squash? Pumpkins, buttercup, butternut, acorn, and spaghetti squash are all part of this family, which is harvested and eaten in the mature fruit stage, meaning the seeds have matured fully and the skin has hardened into a tough rind. At
Fire ravages Michigan, not just Chicago, in 1871
For most historians, October 8, 1871, will stick out as the day of the Great Chicago Fire. The blaze in the Windy City killed approximately 300 people, destroyed 3.3 square miles of the city, and left over 100,000 residents homeless. Many people believe the Michigan connection to the Chicago fire is limited to the fact that lumber from Michigan helped rebuild the city. However, the Chicago
12 things to do in Michigan in October 2019
Football games, corn mazes, and leaf-peeping mark a glorious season in our state. In addition, there are these 12 things to do in Michigan in October 2019. Oct 1-31 The Hunt for the Reds of October – Leelanau Peninsula Our state’s wide variety of white wines has become common knowledge. However, many local oenophiles have yet to discover the high quality reds. A lot of complex
Meet Detroit’s second founder: Father Gabriel Richard
Religion. Morality. Knowledge. These are precepts to which Fr. Gabriel Richard lived throughout his entire life. He is a man not often read about in the Michigan history books, which is quite a shame, as he did much to help the early settlers in Michigan. Father Gabriel is also known by some as the second founder of Detroit. If a story were to be told about the early
Michigan’s first mysterious ship disappearance
Shipwrecks have been a danger to sailors, merchants and explorers since biblical times. Ships sailing on the Great Lakes are no exception. Over 6,000 have sunk to the bottom of the five lakes costing 30,000 people their lives. The Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1971 may be the most famous; however, one of the first recorded shipwrecks in the Great Lakes remains one of the most mysterious.
Best Michigan car events left this season
To kids, summer ends when school starts, to others, Labor Day Weekend sounds the toll, but for car lovers, summer isn't really over until all of those delicate beauties who only make appearances on warm, sunny days, return to storage, garages, and under covers. Fortunately, that typically means making it all the way through summer (September 22 this year), and sometimes even beyond. To that end,