Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~HARBOR SPRINGS~
(and Harbor Point)
2010 Census for Harbor Springs ~ 1194
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~ Harbor Point ~
Photo Above: Alex Childress' additional work also may be viewed at Alex Childress Photo.
A 1973 publication titled "This Midwest Resort" indicated that Harbor Point included about 81 cottages
with only one of the cottages built after about 1900.
A 1973 publication titled "This Midwest Resort" indicated that Harbor Point included about 81 cottages
with only one of the cottages built after about 1900.
No automobiles are allowed in the grounds of Harbor Point.
The association of property owners operates a line of horse-drawn vehicles.
The association of property owners operates a line of horse-drawn vehicles.
Article Below: Deeds for Harbor Point?
The post office was established at Little Traverse (LATER Harbor Springs) in 1861.
~ 1875 ~
Photo Below: Harbor Springs from the east...
Photo Below: An early 1870s view of Harbor Point taken from the bluff in Harbor Springs. Many of the FIRST buildings in Little Traverse (Harbor Springs) show in the foreground; including a store, a government warehouse, a schoolhouse and several homes of the first settlers.
“In the summer of 1878, several prominent Lansing businessmen purchased land to establish the Harbor Point Association. It became a playground for early midwest industrialists. They had a mutual interest in creating a ‘pleasant, healthful and inexpensive place to spend the summer months.’” ~ "11 August 2005, Reflections" supplement to the Petoskey News Review
Harbor Point is situated on the hook of land that thrusts itself out into Little Traverse Bay, to form the protected harbor at Harbor Springs. The Ottawa name for this hook was Sing-got, meaning "beautiful point." It was reported in the 14 May 1895 The Independent Democrat that on 28 December 1888 "About half an acre of land on the extreme end of Harbor Point dropped in the lake. This being the third time a similar 'slump of real estate' had occurred in the last few years."
~ Little Traverse (Later Harbor Springs) and the "One-Time" County Seat ~
1881 >
1881 >
Photos Below: This Harbor Springs, Michigan, building was the home of the Emmet County seat... the county's government. Charles W. Caskey, who also built the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, was contracted to build the county's building (photo below) in 1885 for $4,000.00; ready for occupancy in 1886. The Emmet County seat was changed from Harbor Springs to Petoskey in the year 1902 when Petoskey built a $40,000.00 court house and leased the building to the county for 50 years.
This Harbor Springs building served in many other capacities over the years, and in 2003 the building was acquired by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society, founded in 1990. The Harbor Springs History Museum continues to preserve the history of the area and its building
~ To Harbor Springs by Rail ~
1885
~ Harbor Springs' Newspaper Northern Independent ~
1887
1887
Article Below: How Harbor Springs got its name? "Harbor Springs, formerly called Little Traverse is the county seat of Emmet County... The new name is particularly appropriate, as it gives two principal attractions of the town, the best harbor on the Great Lakes and the famous crystal springs. The grading for the railroad destroyed many of the springs, but a number of them are left, from which gush streams of water as clear as air, and only twelve to fourteen degrees above the freezing point."
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~ Aunt Margaret Boyd's L'Arbre Croche Mission History ~
1892
"In 1825 Rev. Father Peter DeJean, arrived in the Little Traverse region and built a church at Seven Mile Point, but as it proved unsatisfactory, the mission was moved to the site of the old L'Arbre Croche mission, where a little log church was built by Father DeJean and conducted a day school for Indian children.
On the 21st of April, 1821, the mission was taken charge of by Father Baraga, who arrived from Cincinnati. A few weeks later Bishop Fenwick arrived and installed the zealous priest as pastor... During his stay at the L'Arbre Croche mission he baptized 461 Indians.... A long list of priests succeeded him at the L'Arbre Croche mission, Father Pierz and Father Zorn each remaining a long term of years. The old church that attracted so many tourists in the later years was erected about 1839. Many of my readers have no doubt been shown through the old building by Margaret Boyd, an educated Indian woman, who went by the familiar name of 'Aunt Margaret.' She died at an advanced age in 1892. By a singular coincidence the old church which she had attended since its erection, and with which she had been so intimately connected, was torn down the same year of her death." Above was quoted from The Ottawan A short history of the Villages and Resorts Surrounding Little Traverse Bay, and the Indian Legends Connected Therewith by John. C. Wright published in 1895. |
~ Harbor Springs AND Harbor Point ~
1902
~ Downtown Harbor Springs, Michigan ~
Harbor Springs was permanently christened with its name when it was incorporated in 1881.
Earlier it had been known as Little Traverse.
Earlier it had been known as Little Traverse.
Photo Below: The Waterfront and Shoreline of Harbor Springs...
Photo Below: 4 July 1881
1885 Photo Below: Main Street in Harbor Springs looking west...
Photo Below: 1901
1889
~ Ice was Harvested in the Bay at Harbor Springs for the Summer Resorts ~
~ Ice was Harvested in the Bay at Harbor Springs for the Summer Resorts ~
~ Ice Harvesting Still a Necessity for Summer Resorts ~
1889 > 1948
1889 > 1948
~ Harbor Springs a Delightful Location with the Finest Harbor on the Great Lakes ~
1894
Photo Below: 27 June 1906 ~ Harbor Springs
~ About 1911 ~
~ 1944~
Three Photos Below: Views of Main Street, Harbor Springs, MIchigan, from the city's upstairs library.
"The Harbor Springs Library was founded as a community reading room in 1894 in a small wooden building
on the corner of Spring and Main streets in downtown Harbor Springs.
Fourteen years later, the Earl Mead designed library building was built in that same location." ~ Library Pamphlet
"The Harbor Springs Library was founded as a community reading room in 1894 in a small wooden building
on the corner of Spring and Main streets in downtown Harbor Springs.
Fourteen years later, the Earl Mead designed library building was built in that same location." ~ Library Pamphlet
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~ Harbor Point ~
""Harbor Point was first called the 'Lansing Resort'
from the circumstances which brought it into existence''...
as reported by Perry Francis Powers on page 313 in A History of Northern Michigan and its People.
1878 ~ Harbor Point Association was founded by Episcopalians from Lansing, Michigan.
""Harbor Point was first called the 'Lansing Resort'
from the circumstances which brought it into existence''...
as reported by Perry Francis Powers on page 313 in A History of Northern Michigan and its People.
1878 ~ Harbor Point Association was founded by Episcopalians from Lansing, Michigan.
A 1973 publication titled "This Midwest Resort" indicated that "Harbor Point was owned by Father Weikamp, who came to this area in 1855 with the idea of founding an Indian mission for the cultivation of Indians to the Christian faith--in addition to the one which had been located in Harbor Springs since 1927." In 1878, Father Weikamp sold the peninsula for a price of $12,000.00 to a company, incorporated as the Harbor Point Association intending to moved to Cross village. The men who organized the Harbor Point Association were: B.F. Simmons, Eugene Angell, N.B. Jones, A. Beamer and S.D. Bingham, all residents of Lansing, Michigan. Harbor Point opened as a resort the next year after purchase.
The FIRST resident of Harbor Point was C.R. Wright, of St. James, Michigan. He moved to Harbor Point in 1853 and was in the "cooper" business. A 1973 publication titled "This Midwest Resort" indicated that "There is some record of non-Indian residence at Harbor Point prior to Weikamp's arrival in 1855. There is an account of the arrival of C.R. Wright from Beaver Island in 1852. In 1855, after the death of King Strang, he moved back." Wright's daughter was May Atkinson, the FIRST white child born on Harbor Point. She was born on property then known as the Goodrich property. Her obituary is at right... |
~ Harbor Point Club House ~
1890
1890
~ Describing Social Life in Late 1800s, including the casino (old and new) ~
~ Entertainment Hall Harbor Point ~
1890
1890
~ The Casino, Harbor Point ~
1900
1900
~ View of Steamer from Harbor Point ~
Lighthouse Preparation
1882
Articles Above and Below: From the 25 May 1882 Congressional Record forwarded by Senator T.W. Ferry who introduced his bill (S. No, 478) which was introduced for the purpose of erecting a light-house and fog signal at Little Traverse, Michigan [Harbor Springs], and which is very important. The appropriation was for $15,000.00 for a lighthouse and fog signal at Harbor Point.
Elizabeth Whitney Williams was the keeper of the Little Traverse Lighthouse on Harbor Point, Michigan for 29 years (beginning in 1884) after performing those same duties at the Beaver Island lighthouse along with her first husband. After her first husband Clement Van Riper died from drowning, Elizabeth remarried to a photographer Daniel Williams and moved to the mainland. She led a very active and interesting life which is chronicled on the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society web page.
Photo Below: A CAR on Harbor Point?
21 August 2019
Harbor Point Lighthouse
Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan
Harbor Point Lighthouse
Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan
~ The Beginnings of Harbor Point ~
~ Article Below: Load of Bricks to Harbor Point Across an Ice Road on the Bay ~
1912
1912
~ Article Below: Harbor Point Makes Many Improvements ~
1937
~ Advertisement Below: Earl H. Mead Renown Architect from Harbor Springs, Michigan ~
[Mead designed the county building in Harbor Springs which is the museum in 2019.]
1930
~ Photo Below: Celebrities Visit Harbor Point ~
1957
Photos Above and Below: The same stone pillars stand at the private entrance to
Harbor Point Association in 1957 and 2018.
To this day no automobiles are allowed on the point.
Cottage owners keep their cars at a park just outside the Point gate
and still have to walk or bicycle, or take a horse-drawn bus, which runs on a schedule.
Harbor Point Association in 1957 and 2018.
To this day no automobiles are allowed on the point.
Cottage owners keep their cars at a park just outside the Point gate
and still have to walk or bicycle, or take a horse-drawn bus, which runs on a schedule.
~ Two Photos Below: Harbor Point Club House Seasonal Opening ~
1958
~Two Photos Below: Harbor Point Club House ~
1958
1958
A 1973 publication titled "This Midwest Resort" indicated that "In 1880 the corporation built a Club House, first of fifty rooms, which by 1897 had a hundred and fifty rooms. It had a large restaurant as most of the cottage owners ate their meals there. It was at first leased to a professional manager, but by the turn of the century it became operated by the association as its sole responsibility. The meals there were excellent, and on Thursday nights there would be a vast buffet with roasts of beef, lobster, and other choice delicacies. The waitresses were college girls from Midwestern universities and were a great, colorful attraction.
But the change wrought by the automobile, which wrecked the boat and train service, changed the character of the Club House personnel and there was no place for it in the new environment. People no longer went to a resort and stayed there. It was so easy with an automobile to get about. And so the scene changed.
People with houses which were then equipped with electricity, gas and artificial refrigeration 'kept house.' There was little use for a club house.
In the nineteen sixties, after more than eighty years of operation, the corporation razed the hotel-club house and planted the site to grass and gardens. There was no longer use for it. But they still retained the structure to the east--a large pavilion-- which has a great ballroom where dances can be held, and games played on raining days by the young folk... After the Association razed its club house at the Point it retained the club house on the golf course."
But the change wrought by the automobile, which wrecked the boat and train service, changed the character of the Club House personnel and there was no place for it in the new environment. People no longer went to a resort and stayed there. It was so easy with an automobile to get about. And so the scene changed.
People with houses which were then equipped with electricity, gas and artificial refrigeration 'kept house.' There was little use for a club house.
In the nineteen sixties, after more than eighty years of operation, the corporation razed the hotel-club house and planted the site to grass and gardens. There was no longer use for it. But they still retained the structure to the east--a large pavilion-- which has a great ballroom where dances can be held, and games played on raining days by the young folk... After the Association razed its club house at the Point it retained the club house on the golf course."
~ Photo Below: Walloon Lake Ladies on Harbor Point for the Race ~
1958
~ Article/Photo Below: Harbor Point Light and bell are stilled for the winter.
The light was first established in 1884. ~
1960
Photo Below: Harbor Point Lighthouse
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Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
21 August 2019
Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan
Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan
~ Boating at Harbor Point ~
Photo Below: The Little Traverse Bay Ferry Line with a schooner off the Harbor Point dock...
~ Offield Family Summer Residents on Harbor Point ~
21 August 2019
Compare the Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan, with the 1983 Photo Above to view the changes of the intervening years.
Compare the Photo Below submitted by Pilot and Photographer Charlie MacInnis of Harbor Springs, Michigan, with the 1983 Photo Above to view the changes of the intervening years.
A booklet on-line written by Mary Ann Voorheis titled
"In Tranquil Refuge The Story of Harbor Point"
offers additional interesting information about the beginnings of Harbor Point.
"In Tranquil Refuge The Story of Harbor Point"
offers additional interesting information about the beginnings of Harbor Point.
Photo Above: Alex Childress' additional work also may be viewed at Alex Childress Photo.
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~ Harbor Springs ~
~Early Funeral Homes ~
1880s
Erwin Funeral Home > Gillian-Erwin Funeral Home > Schiller Funeral Chapel
The Erwin Funeral Home description below was written by the Greenwood Cemetery:
The Erwin Funeral Home description below was written by the Greenwood Cemetery:
~ Juilleret Businesses ~
1895
In 1895, L.E. Juilleret, Sr. and his grandfather Joseph A. Juilleret started a boat livery AND an ice cream parlor. While the boat livery business was fine, they decided to expand on the ice cream and restaurant business. During the 1920's, big bands played nightly. The atmosphere inspired composer Ange Lorenzo to write and play "Sleepy Time Gal" for the first time at Juilleret's where the original song sheet may still be on display. In 1975, Joseph A. Juilleret's son Jim bought out his father. Click HERE to access an old Juilleret's menu with a short Juilleret's history included.
The 24 April 1971 of The New York Times composer Ange Lorenzo's obituary was reported:
"SAGINAW, Mich., April 23 (AP)—Ange Lorenzo, a musician and restaurateur who wrote the song 'Sleepy Time Gal,' died yesterday in Saginaw Hospital after a long illness. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Lorenzo, a native of the West Branch, Mich., area, played piano with a group called the Tunesters, which traveled the nation in the mid 1930s. He wrote 'Sleepy Time Gal', his best known work, in 1925.
Mr. Lorenzo was not only composer but also a conductor, pianist and singer. He had been a member of the American So ciety of Composers, Authors and Publishers for many years, collaborating with such song writers as Richard Whiting, Raymond Egan and Gus Kahn. Other songs he composed were 'Dreamy Dream Girl' and 'Watching for Your Shadow.'"
The 24 April 1971 of The New York Times composer Ange Lorenzo's obituary was reported:
"SAGINAW, Mich., April 23 (AP)—Ange Lorenzo, a musician and restaurateur who wrote the song 'Sleepy Time Gal,' died yesterday in Saginaw Hospital after a long illness. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Lorenzo, a native of the West Branch, Mich., area, played piano with a group called the Tunesters, which traveled the nation in the mid 1930s. He wrote 'Sleepy Time Gal', his best known work, in 1925.
Mr. Lorenzo was not only composer but also a conductor, pianist and singer. He had been a member of the American So ciety of Composers, Authors and Publishers for many years, collaborating with such song writers as Richard Whiting, Raymond Egan and Gus Kahn. Other songs he composed were 'Dreamy Dream Girl' and 'Watching for Your Shadow.'"
~ Early Fire Fighting Equipment ~
About 1900
About 1900
~ Along Bay Street, Harbor Springs ~
Early 1900s
~ The original Harbor Springs Imperials baseball team ~
(photographed in the Petoskey Ball Park)
1903
(photographed in the Petoskey Ball Park)
1903
~ Hoover Flower Shop in Parades ~
1907 AND 1957
~ "Bull Moose" was the scene from 1912 to 1917 ~
~ Harbor Spring's East Hill Washout ~
1921
1921
~ Horses Plowing Snow on Main Street in Harbor Springs ~
1921
1921
~ A.R. Pontius Flower Shop Began ~
592 East Main Street, Harbor Springs Michigan
1923
A.R. Pontius Flower Shop was begun by Arthur Pontius and his wife Florence in 1923. They grew their gladiolus and lilies behind their shop to add to their vibrant displays. In the 1980s Nancy Rondel purchased the business, and about 2013, Rondel sold it to her niece Jamie Platte. Platte has expanded the business with the flowering of modern technology, and internet progress. Platte enjoys that her floral designs allow her to use her creative background and degree in vocal much and art... each floral design can be as original as her customer desires. Platte is planning a centennial celebration during the business' 2023 season.
~ Bury the Telephone and Electric Wires ~
1923
1923
~ Chief Ettawageshik Passed Away in Harbor Springs ~
1946
~ New Outdoor Amphitheater ~
1948
1948
~ FIRST Class of Harbor Springs High School to hold their Commencement Exercises in the Stadium ~
1952
1952
Article Below:
"City of Harbor Springs offered the School for $1.00 a long term lease on the Indian Stadium property which was given to the city by the Michigan Indian Foundation when it dissolved recently."
1964
"City of Harbor Springs offered the School for $1.00 a long term lease on the Indian Stadium property which was given to the city by the Michigan Indian Foundation when it dissolved recently."
1964
Harbor Springs Stadium
20 November 2019
20 November 2019
~ SCHOOLS ~
The 11 May 2022 Petoskey News Review reported that after the successful passage of the Harbor Springs Public Schools bond proposal in the May 3 election... for $41.5 million bond project. The FiRST phase will begin this summer with the demolition of the current Shay Elementary School. Shay currently houses grades 2–4, but after the new school is built, ALL elementary students will be housed under that roof, with a planned September 2024 opening. Existing Blackbird Elementary will become an early childhood center serving child care needs. Click HERE to access additional information about the Harbor Springs Public Schools.
~ BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS~
Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce Summer Office
1951
1951
~ 1876 ~
FIRST President of Harbor Springs Village–Dr. Carlos D. Hampton
Dr. C.D. Hampton's last name was misspelled in the newspaper clipping under his photo below.
A very informative articles may be accessed on the Greenwood Cemetery website
about Dr. and Mrs. Corneila Hampton's interesting lives by clicking HERE and HERE.
FIRST President of Harbor Springs Village–Dr. Carlos D. Hampton
Dr. C.D. Hampton's last name was misspelled in the newspaper clipping under his photo below.
A very informative articles may be accessed on the Greenwood Cemetery website
about Dr. and Mrs. Corneila Hampton's interesting lives by clicking HERE and HERE.
~ 1876 ~
The Government Blacksmith's House
The Government Blacksmith's House
~ 1879 ~
Flouring Mill of A.J.Southard
Flouring Mill of A.J.Southard
~ Since 1880 ~
Erwin's Drug
Erwin's Drug
~ Late 1800s ~
Toothpick Factory
1800s >
Ephraim Shay
Shay built his FIRST Shay Locomotive in Haring Township, in about 1877,
with a locomotive on display in the Cadillac City (Michigan) Park, still in 2023.
Shay lived a great deal of his life in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Ephraim Shay
Shay built his FIRST Shay Locomotive in Haring Township, in about 1877,
with a locomotive on display in the Cadillac City (Michigan) Park, still in 2023.
Shay lived a great deal of his life in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
In 1991 Stan Stutsman wrote to the Harbor Light editor (published 25 September-1 October 1991): “My father, Rhinard R. Stutsman, now deceased, was born on April 18, 1886, in Friendship Township on the John Stutsman homestead (in later years known as the Albert Sydow farm). As a young man, my father worked for Ephraim Shay and his son Lettie and also worked as a brakeman for Shay’s locomotive engineer, Mr. Homer Armstrong, on their narrow-gage logging line north to the Indian Gardens.
My father also worked for Ephraim and Lettie Shay in and around Shay’s locomotive machine shop as well as their sawmill in Harbor Springs.
My grandfather, Reverend Joseph S. STutsman, along with two of his brothers, Abraham and Isaiah, established a sawmill and company store before the turn of the century and his sawmill community became Stutsmanville, Michigan, which was in close proximity to Shay’s narrow-gage rail line.
...Haring, MIchigan, evidently enjoys recognition as the place where the Shay, gear-driven, narrow-gage locomotive was built, not Harbor Springs!
Excerpts from the Time-Life book: ‘For years, bearded Ephraim Shay of Haring, Michigan, had been seeking ways to speed up the leisurely movement of logs from the forest and his mill. He had tried using horses to drag log-carrying cars running on maple rails, set far enough apart so that a team could plod between them. This crude railroad was an advance over the team and the skidroad but, as Shay said, ‘the cars would catch the horses on downgrade and sometimes kill them.’ Not satisfied, he kept searching for a better idea.
‘…All through the 1870s Shay tinkered with the design of a radical engine that would be light in weight and that would work without the conventional piston-and-rod arrangement. Ephraim Shay’s better idea was introduced to the logging world in 1880 and it looked like some mad inventor’s nightmare. 'The pilot model of the locomotive that was destined to become respected around the world,’ wrote logging historian Kramer Adams,’ consisted of a short railroad flatcar with a wooden water tank at one end, a wood bin at the other and an unsightly boiler in between. What’s more, the thing was lopsided, with the boiler on one side, and geared transmission machinery on the other.’
“… 'My friends remonstrated with me,‘ Shay remember later, ‘for spending so much time and money on such a crazy idea, and in fact, they really thought I was a little cracked, and did not hesitate to say so.'
“By June 14, 1881, when Shay was awarded Patent No. 242,992, he was already at work on more powerful two-and three-cylinder versions of his invention. In time, thousands of Shay-geared engines were built by various locomotive works; and while many served in the Lake States, where the inventor himself logged, most of them labored in the much steeper forests of the West.
“The Shay was widely admired. It was a gold medal for excellence in 1905 at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, and loggers swore by it. They contended that a Shay could hunker down and climb a tree if it had a mind to, and that was only a slight exaggeration.
“…Ephraim Shay never got rich, or wanted to, from his invention. The first engine he sold brought him exactly $1,070. When he turned his design over to other manufacturers, he accepted $10,000 in royalties and then refused further payments. Shay was evidently content to know that, from 1880 on, the fame of his name spread with every geared locomotive that chuffed into the deep forests.”
My father also worked for Ephraim and Lettie Shay in and around Shay’s locomotive machine shop as well as their sawmill in Harbor Springs.
My grandfather, Reverend Joseph S. STutsman, along with two of his brothers, Abraham and Isaiah, established a sawmill and company store before the turn of the century and his sawmill community became Stutsmanville, Michigan, which was in close proximity to Shay’s narrow-gage rail line.
...Haring, MIchigan, evidently enjoys recognition as the place where the Shay, gear-driven, narrow-gage locomotive was built, not Harbor Springs!
Excerpts from the Time-Life book: ‘For years, bearded Ephraim Shay of Haring, Michigan, had been seeking ways to speed up the leisurely movement of logs from the forest and his mill. He had tried using horses to drag log-carrying cars running on maple rails, set far enough apart so that a team could plod between them. This crude railroad was an advance over the team and the skidroad but, as Shay said, ‘the cars would catch the horses on downgrade and sometimes kill them.’ Not satisfied, he kept searching for a better idea.
‘…All through the 1870s Shay tinkered with the design of a radical engine that would be light in weight and that would work without the conventional piston-and-rod arrangement. Ephraim Shay’s better idea was introduced to the logging world in 1880 and it looked like some mad inventor’s nightmare. 'The pilot model of the locomotive that was destined to become respected around the world,’ wrote logging historian Kramer Adams,’ consisted of a short railroad flatcar with a wooden water tank at one end, a wood bin at the other and an unsightly boiler in between. What’s more, the thing was lopsided, with the boiler on one side, and geared transmission machinery on the other.’
“… 'My friends remonstrated with me,‘ Shay remember later, ‘for spending so much time and money on such a crazy idea, and in fact, they really thought I was a little cracked, and did not hesitate to say so.'
“By June 14, 1881, when Shay was awarded Patent No. 242,992, he was already at work on more powerful two-and three-cylinder versions of his invention. In time, thousands of Shay-geared engines were built by various locomotive works; and while many served in the Lake States, where the inventor himself logged, most of them labored in the much steeper forests of the West.
“The Shay was widely admired. It was a gold medal for excellence in 1905 at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, and loggers swore by it. They contended that a Shay could hunker down and climb a tree if it had a mind to, and that was only a slight exaggeration.
“…Ephraim Shay never got rich, or wanted to, from his invention. The first engine he sold brought him exactly $1,070. When he turned his design over to other manufacturers, he accepted $10,000 in royalties and then refused further payments. Shay was evidently content to know that, from 1880 on, the fame of his name spread with every geared locomotive that chuffed into the deep forests.”
Photo Below: Hemlock Central #1 Shay Excursion Train loaded with passengers...
From Above Article: "The waterworks reference in the plat book was a result of Ephraim Shay's fertile imagination. Almost from the moment he arrived in town, Shay concluded that demand for fresh water would soon exceed supply, even in a village that boasted a number of natural springs. To accommodate the rapidly growing population Shay built a town waterworks, and laid 12 miles of water mains to appreciative subscribers. Eventually he sold the water operation to the city for $20.000.00." Photo Below: The water works pumping plant in front with the distinctive octagonal home of E. Shay in the background...
In the 1964 news article above, the Harbor Springs Chamber of Commerce wanted to raise $5,000.00 to buy a 70 ton Shay engine then owned by the Klickitat Log & Lumber Co. in Washington state. Evidently, that feat never happened because on 24 November 2021, the Petoskey News Review headlined: "Shay locomotive to find home in Harbor Springs." The article reported, "This year, the Harbor Springs Historical Society succeeded in a decades-long mission to bring one of those locomotives into its possession as part of the Ephraim Shay collection." Harbor Springs' Ephraim Shay had patented the locomotive in 1881. The engine had formerly been owned by Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Although only about 115 Shay engines still are in existence around the world, the college decided to part with it, for the engine to find its true home in Harbor Springs. Upon the engines arrival, it will take several years before it is ready for display to perhaps join Shay's recently renovated boat "Aha" which is proudly on display as viewers enter Harbor Sprays... resting just across the street from Shay's unique octagonal house.
~ Ephraim Shay ~
Additional information about Ephraim Shay and his contributions to Harbor Springs and the area
may be found on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site on the "Railroads" web page.
AND
Shay's boat creation of the "Aha" on the "Vehicles and Bicycles" web page.
OR
Biographical information about Ephraim Shay may be found on this same web site
on the "People" web page.
Additional information about Ephraim Shay and his contributions to Harbor Springs and the area
may be found on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site on the "Railroads" web page.
AND
Shay's boat creation of the "Aha" on the "Vehicles and Bicycles" web page.
OR
Biographical information about Ephraim Shay may be found on this same web site
on the "People" web page.
In October 2021 the Harbor Springs Historical Society finalized plans to transport a Shay Engine from a university in Texas to Harbor Springs. The Historical Society plans to have the engine renovated. Click HERE to access additional information about this transfer of ownership of the artifact to the Harbor Spring Historical Society.
Article Below: In 1958 John R. "Jack" Davis and Fred Renker, co-ownersof the picturesque Colonial Inn, remodeled in 1957 not one of the Northern Michigan's finest and most exclusive resort hotels, announced plans to expand the Inn's properties to enable them to accommodate additional executive meetings and conventions beginning with the 1959 season. Colonial Inn is the only hotel in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Fred Renker, Hoagy Carmichael and "Sleepy Time Gal"?
In 1999 Fred Renker was a frequent contributor to the Harbor Light newspaper. Mr. Renker had been a resort club/hotel operator, and owned and managed many well-known properties. He had hosted many celebrities including Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Errol Flynn, and Hoagy Carmichael. Stories abound that Hoagy Carmichael wrote his "Sleepy Time Gal" in Harbor Springs Juilleret's Family Restaurant (since 1894), although no known record, or written document backs that up. Renker's 1999 article below does talk of Hoagy Carmichael, with an accompanying photo. Another source told that "Sleepy Time Gal" was written by Ange Lorenzo. Click HERE to please contact this web master with any information about this topic.
In 1976, Hoagy Carmichael's son Randy moved to Harbor Springs.
The 1994 article below tells of the life of Randy Carmichael.
The 1994 article below tells of the life of Randy Carmichael.
~ 1895 ~
Grist Mill and Elevator Docks
Photo Description with Photo Below:
"The logs are dumped from cars and sleds into the harbor. From Here, they are towed to Montreal
where they were shipped to England.
There, they were made into toothpicks. Hankey Milling Company Harbor Springs."
"The logs are dumped from cars and sleds into the harbor. From Here, they are towed to Montreal
where they were shipped to England.
There, they were made into toothpicks. Hankey Milling Company Harbor Springs."
~ 1886, 1890 and 1895 > 1941 ~
Hotel Kensington
~ 1895 ~
Kneale's Mill
~ 1899 ~
Hotel Dewey
Hotel Dewey
~ Early 1900 ~
The Melching Boat Works purchased in 1946 by Ward Walstrom and Paul Griffith... still Walstrom's
Photos/Text Above and Below: Similar vantage views of Walstrom Boat Works in early 1900 and a 1952, photo by Virgil Haynes showing cut channel in the ice to prevent shifting ice from crushing the boat house docks.
~ Early 1900s ~
The Republican newspaper was located on the corner of Main and Gardner streets;
where Homer Armstrong's shop stood in 1965.
~ About 1906 ~
The New York
Harbor Springs, Michigan
~ 1908 ~
Carey Mill... Harbor Springs Lumber Company
Photo Below: Log cars on a logging railroad near Harbor Springs
J. Edwin Waldron, Friend and Cassidy Hardware Store
~ 1927 ~
Stewart Grocery > Hilderbrant Grocery
~ 1938 ~
Sinclair Service Station with Hahn Auto Repair
Corner of Main and State streets, Harbor Springs, Michigan
~1938 ~
Polar Bear Market
State Street in the Darling Building, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Polar Bear Market
State Street in the Darling Building, Harbor Springs, Michigan
~ 1941 ~
The Katydid Shop
The Katydid Shop
~ 1943 ~
Emmet Hotel to be Razed
Emmet Hotel
Photo Below Labeled: "Miss Goldstien outside of the New Emmet Hotel on June 10th in Harbor Springs"
~ 1944 ~
Elliott's Garage
127 State Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Site originally was part of the old New York Hotel building built in 1904.
Next the site became the Lyric theatre until 1927 when Lyric moved to Main Street.
Former theater turned into a garage for Robert Peterson.
L.R. Elliott purchased Peterson's site on 15 December 1944 for Elliott's Garage
shown in the 1948 photo below.
~ 1948 ~
Fire Sweeps Harbor Businesses
Fire Sweeps Harbor Businesses
~ 1948 ~
Photography by Haynes
Photography by Haynes
~ 1948 ~
"Land of the Crooked Tree"
by U.P. Hedrick
"Land of the Crooked Tree"
by U.P. Hedrick
~ 1948 ~
Rosenthal's Apparel
188 East Main Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Rosenthal's Apparel
188 East Main Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
~ 1948 ~
Variety Wood Products (wood dowels and wooden salad bowls)
Variety Wood Products (wood dowels and wooden salad bowls)
~ 1948 ~
Walstrom-Griffeth Co. Addition
(Trusses from the OLD Ramona Park Casino)
Walstrom-Griffeth Co. Addition
(Trusses from the OLD Ramona Park Casino)
~ 1948 ~
Warren D. Carpenters Associated with Harbor Springs Businesses...
Dairying
Retail Shoe Merchandising
Owned and Operated the Hollywood Service Station
Warren D. Carpenters Associated with Harbor Springs Businesses...
Dairying
Retail Shoe Merchandising
Owned and Operated the Hollywood Service Station
~ 1949 ~
New Addition to Furniture Plant
~ 1945 > 1949 ~
Grand Re-Opening of The Pier
Grand Re-Opening of The Pier
9 November 2023: All of Stafford's Hospitality sold by equity partners, Dudley Marvin, Brian Ewbank, Butch (Christian) Paulsen, David Marvin, and Reginald Smith... to Jon and Lauren Cotton of Grosse Point, Michigan.
The portfolio of Stafford’s Hospitality properties include: The Bay View Inn in Bay View, The Perry Hotel in Petoskey, The Crooked River Lodge in Alanson, The Pier Restaurant in Harbor Springs, The Weathervane in Charlevoix, The Noggin Room Pub in Petoskey.
The portfolio of Stafford’s Hospitality properties include: The Bay View Inn in Bay View, The Perry Hotel in Petoskey, The Crooked River Lodge in Alanson, The Pier Restaurant in Harbor Springs, The Weathervane in Charlevoix, The Noggin Room Pub in Petoskey.
Harbor IGA (Basil Thompson)
The Pier (Co-Partners Ward Walstrom & Basil Thompson [Retired in 1971])
The Pier (Co-Partners Ward Walstrom & Basil Thompson [Retired in 1971])
~1949 ~
Blaze Detroyed Greenier Sawmill, Harbor Springs
Blaze Detroyed Greenier Sawmill, Harbor Springs
~ 1949~
Accessibility of the Walstom–Griffeth Boat Yard
Accessibility of the Walstom–Griffeth Boat Yard
~ 1950 ~
Jay Gage the Harbor Springs Torch Bearer
Jay Gage the Harbor Springs Torch Bearer
~ 1954 ~
Modern Beauty Shop on 181 West Main Street, Harbor Springs
Modern Beauty Shop on 181 West Main Street, Harbor Springs
~ 1954 ~
Little Harbor Club and Beachview Inn
Article Left and Photo Below: The Beachview Inn (built in 1930) still exists on the waterfront in downtown Harbor Springs, at 160 West Bay Street. It is no longer a public hotel, but rather now is owned by The Little Harbor Club and serves as housing for their staff, 500 feet feet south, since it was sold to the Little Harbor Club in about 1970.
When Rowland Stebbins bought the Beachview Inn from Mrs. Irene Sears in 1963, his parents already had owned their nearby Roaring Brook beachfront cottage since 1902, so Rowland really had no use for another summer cottage. He desired to have winter lodging during ski weekends. Rowland bought it for $11,000 at a time when skiing was just beginning near Harbor Springs. Rowland's idea was to get 10 other skiers from Lansing to invest and buy shares for year-round use of their bedroom, since Beachview was already winterized and contained 11 bedrooms; 6 on the second floor and 5 on the third floor, plus a manager's apartment and large kitchen on the first floor. [The sleeping capacity has been increased for many years.] Beachview was/is located directly across the street from the City Bathing Beach, so Rowland envisioned it as a year-round cottage investment for 10 other Lansing skiing families and summer vacation, with available bedrooms rented out when not occupied by the owner. But Rowland found no interest from his skiing friends in Lansing, so after three or four years ownership, he listed it "For Sale" through his Lansing Real Estate business, Advance Realty; and the Little Harbor Club expressed interest and purchased it from Rowland. |
Photo Below: Beachview Inn > Staff Housing for the Little Harbor Club
106 West Bay Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
106 West Bay Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Article/Photo Below: Opposite the Little Harbor Club, Mrs. Howard Vincent O'Brien, was in the driveway of her new home on Traverse Street. Mrs. O'Brien will sponsor a sale sponsored by the Hull House in Chicago. Click HERE to access additional information about the Hull House, a settlement house.
~ 1957 ~
~ 1958 ~
Obituary Below:
Mr. James T. Clarke's parents were one of five white families in the village of Harbor Springs
in 1877 when he was born.
~ 1958 ~
Low Waters Create Harbor Springs Difficulties
Low Waters Create Harbor Springs Difficulties
~ 1958 ~
Trailer Park Proposal Discussion
Trailer Park Proposal Discussion
~ 1959 ~
~ 1959 ~
Harbor Springs Dairy delivering milk on snowshoes after a blizzard...
Harbor Springs Dairy delivering milk on snowshoes after a blizzard...
~ 1966 ~
New Brick Face for Bar Harbor After the Fire
New Brick Face for Bar Harbor After the Fire
~ 1965 > ~
Chief Blackbird Museum
Additional information about Chief Blackbird may be found on this same web site by clicking HERE.
Chief Blackbird Museum
Additional information about Chief Blackbird may be found on this same web site by clicking HERE.
~ 1966~
Blackbird Letter Started Stamp Collection by Tom Graham
Blackbird Letter Started Stamp Collection by Tom Graham
Article Below: Dr. Frank Graham was a builder in many respects; he built a Pioneer Farm for his family to experience, and then sold the land to Everett Kircher to build his ski resort... Boyne Highlands.
[The Highlands of Harbor Springs in 2022].
[The Highlands of Harbor Springs in 2022].
~ 1966 ~
Mrs. Miles Gerou, FIRST resident in the new trailer park on Lake Road on her FIRST day in her new home
Mrs. Miles Gerou, FIRST resident in the new trailer park on Lake Road on her FIRST day in her new home
~ 1966 ~
Natural Gas Mains have come to Main Street
~ 1970 ~
Clarke Building - FIRST Alterations in 38 Years
Clarke Building - FIRST Alterations in 38 Years
~ 1976 > 1977 ~
Harbor Springs Businesses
Harbor Springs Businesses
~ 1976 and 1978 ~
The Pier Chart Room
The Pier Chart Room
Postcard Below:
"the Harbor Pier, on the waterfront 'excellence in dining' featuring the Pointer Room and the Stein Room"
"the Harbor Pier, on the waterfront 'excellence in dining' featuring the Pointer Room and the Stein Room"
~ 1978 ~
The Tin Soldier
~ 1978 ~
New Street Lamps Cast Turn-of-Century Glow
New Street Lamps Cast Turn-of-Century Glow
~ 1984 ~
Businesses Move into Harbor Springs
Businesses Move into Harbor Springs
Architectural Rendition Below... Did this ever materialize?
Tom's Mom's Cookies Celebrates 25 Years in Harbor Springs in 2010
267 South Spring Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Click HERE to see a video of Tom's Mom's Cookies by "Under the Radar Michigan #311".
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~ SKI AREAS ~
Beginning of Boyne Highlands > Harbor Highlands
[LATER RE-branded as The Highlands of Harbor Springs]...
Beginning of Boyne Highlands > Harbor Highlands
[LATER RE-branded as The Highlands of Harbor Springs]...
A 21-27 July 1965 Harbor Lite article [posted closely just above] explained how Everett Kircher procured the land for Boyne Highlands [The Highlands of Harbor Springs, in 2022]. Everett Kircher had purchased the property in Boyne Falls for Boyne Mountain for the sum of $1.00 from Boyne Falls resident Senator William Pearson. The above 1965 article told about Dr. Frank Graham having built a "pioneer farm" for his family to experience, and then… “The family-building done, Dr. Graham sold his land to Everett Kircher for his Boyne Highlands ski area. Although Dr. Graham forfeited his pioneer farm, he sympathized with Mr. Kircher who is a 'builder'.
Dr. Graham still enjoys the pioneer farm, though. Three times a week, Mrs. Dorothy Macmillan, who has been living with him since his wife’s death five years ago, and his dogs Susie and Midge and he climb into a rather dilapidated Chevy, used only for such jaunts and head out to his pioneer farm.
They follow the path leading to the barn and house. On top of the house, Dr. Graham is raising bees, which he ocasionally checks. A tour of the house offers evidence of ‘camp’ sessions: wooden cooking utensils, a two-sided fireplace, a cook’s stove, three bunks, a table and chairs, and a loom.
Following the trail to the top fo the ridge, carrying a large saw in his hand, Dr. Graham expressed his views on various facets of life… Once on the top of the ridge, looking down on the bay on one side and Boyne Highlands on the other, Dr. Graham said, 'Resorts are what this area is good for. People are spending more money on pleasure now.' From the ridge Dr. Graham pointed out the area where he once had a sugarbush.”
Dr. Graham still enjoys the pioneer farm, though. Three times a week, Mrs. Dorothy Macmillan, who has been living with him since his wife’s death five years ago, and his dogs Susie and Midge and he climb into a rather dilapidated Chevy, used only for such jaunts and head out to his pioneer farm.
They follow the path leading to the barn and house. On top of the house, Dr. Graham is raising bees, which he ocasionally checks. A tour of the house offers evidence of ‘camp’ sessions: wooden cooking utensils, a two-sided fireplace, a cook’s stove, three bunks, a table and chairs, and a loom.
Following the trail to the top fo the ridge, carrying a large saw in his hand, Dr. Graham expressed his views on various facets of life… Once on the top of the ridge, looking down on the bay on one side and Boyne Highlands on the other, Dr. Graham said, 'Resorts are what this area is good for. People are spending more money on pleasure now.' From the ridge Dr. Graham pointed out the area where he once had a sugarbush.”
~ New Shack to House the Electric Ski Tow Motor ~
Members of the Harbor Highlands Ski Club
1956
~ Inventor of the Pomalift Paul Pomagolski installed lift at Harbor Highlands Ski Club, Inc.~
1957
~ Harbor Highlands Clubhouse ~
1957-58
~ Winter Sports Queen Janet Krullik Atop Harbor Highlands ~
1958
~ Six Area Excellent Ski Resorts ~
1959
1959
Photos/Text Below: Harbor Highlands was included within the descriptions of the six area excellent ski resorts.
~ Harbor Highlands Grand Opening of New Bar ~
~ Night Skiing ~
1960
1960
~ Harbor Highlands Unveiled ~
1963
1963
Text accompanied the photo below: "Progress at Boyne Highlands, formerly Harbor Highlands, is impressive from the air... Before many moons pass, the runways will be snow-covered and provide breath-taking thrills for the hardy swarms of skiers who will flock to Northern Michigan."
~ Highland 18-Hole Golf Course to Open ~
1967
1967
~ Heather Highlands Subdivision of Boyne Highlands ~
1979
~ Boyne Highlands Under Construction ~
1963
Photo Above: Alex Childress' additional work also may be viewed at Alex Childress Photo.
Photo Above: More of Charles Dawley's remarkable videos and photography can be viewed on his
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
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The Highlands of Harbor Springs
Celebrates 60 Years
Click HERE to access information about the Highlands' newest lift.
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
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The Highlands of Harbor Springs
Celebrates 60 Years
Click HERE to access information about the Highlands' newest lift.
The 60th Anniversary Season Celebration commenced with the opening of the new Camelot 6 chairlift on 15 December 2023. The lift is a continuation of the innovation that first started in 1963 at the resort when first named "Boyne Highlands"; progressing to "Harbor Highlands" and now re-branded as "The Highlands of Harbor Springs". The Camelot is a six-person, high-speed Doppelmayr D-Line bubble chairlift, which is the FIRST and the fastest lift of its kind in the Midwest.
Slide Show Above 8 July 2023 AND/OR Slide Show Below 21 July 2023: Click PLAY in upper left corner of main photo to view earth movement preparation for new Camelot 6 chairlift. Main Photo Below showed the new "bubble chairs" for the lift waiting in the parking lot. The old chairs were sold in an auction with the proceeds donated to charity.
~ NEW Nub's Nob Ski Club to Open ~
1958
~ Norman "Nubby" Sarns developed the ski resort... Nub's Nob ~
1958
1958
1960
~ Biggest Snow Machine with 1 1/2 mile of Pipe for Nub's Nob"
1961
1961
~ Nubs Nob Dedicated New Ski Slope named "Mr. Charlie" ~
1963
1963
1984 Photo/Text Below: Former owner Doris Sarns and present owner (since October 1977) Walter Fisher (co-owner Alfred Fisher) were celebrating Nub's Nob 25th anniversary. Norman "Nubb" and Doris "Dories" Sarns first saw the site for Nub's Nob from the top of the old Harbor Highlands ski hill; not even knowing how to reach the site, until reaching a trail leading to the heavily wooded hills. The FIRST Nub's Nob ski lift began operating in January 1959. The site was converted into a thriving 200 acre playground with 13 ski runs, lodge, sleeping facilities, and a covered swimming pool. Jim Dilworth, who had been associated with Boyne Highlands since its inception in 1963, was swayed to manage Nub's Nob. Dilworth, was an inventor and designer of snow making machines, which was instrumental in improving Nub's skiing conditions. The Fishers restored the ski lodge, and added new ski lifts and slopes; from 13 to 21 runs, seven lifts and an uphill capacity from 4,400 skiers per hour, to 8,400 skiers per hour.
Marty Moore, Northern Michigan Snow Maker
Two Photos Below: Nub's Nob opened 17 November 2018, one of its earliest openings in years.
Early continued COLD temperatures permitted snow guns to fill the air with man-made snow.
"No one visiting this vicinity should miss the climb to the top of the bluff in Harbor Springs. The majestic beauty of the bay, the ceaselessly rolling waters of Lake Michigan, the panorama of colors on the far-reaching hills; the smoke of modern commerce, the peaceful setting of forest, slow-moving canoe, wind-tossed sailboat, spray-throwing motorboat, deep-laden freighter; all together make a memorable picture." ~ Transcribed from page 20 in the old booklet, "Where Michigan Began A Guide to Emmet County"
The view from The Bluff in Harbor Springs is gorgeous.
Demands for maintenance of that bluff view have led to the 5 August 2020
Petoskey News Review article titled "Who owns west bluff?"
Demands for maintenance of that bluff view have led to the 5 August 2020
Petoskey News Review article titled "Who owns west bluff?"
~ Drawing Below by Dante Melotti Jr. in 1975 ~
Dante Melotti Sr. passed away 14 January 2008, survived by his sons Dante, Jr. and David.
Dante Jr.'s mother Erdi Melotti passed 14 June 2019.
Iride "Erdi" and Dante Jr. started Dante of Harbor Springs on Main Street,
featuring fine jewelry, handbags, collectibles and giftware.
Dante Melotti Sr. passed away 14 January 2008, survived by his sons Dante, Jr. and David.
Dante Jr.'s mother Erdi Melotti passed 14 June 2019.
Iride "Erdi" and Dante Jr. started Dante of Harbor Springs on Main Street,
featuring fine jewelry, handbags, collectibles and giftware.
View the Slideshow Below (Photos taken 28 May 2018) by clicking on "Play".
Harbor Springs Shops, Restaurants, and Galleyways Beckon...
In 2020 Harbor Springs has a lighted Christmas Tree set up in front of the Holy Childhood Church
at the end of the street in the photo above.
Other possibilities for tree display were being discussed by the Harbor Springs Council in 1938
as noted in the article below.
~ 1938 ~
at the end of the street in the photo above.
Other possibilities for tree display were being discussed by the Harbor Springs Council in 1938
as noted in the article below.
~ 1938 ~
Photo Above: Alex Childress' additional work also may be viewed at Alex Childress Photo.
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Beside the public beach, with Harbor Point in the background,
is the Boathouse Club for Members and Guests Only.
Photos in the Slideshow presentation below were taken 28 May 2018, Memorial Day.
Click "Play" to view the Slideshow below.
is the Boathouse Club for Members and Guests Only.
Photos in the Slideshow presentation below were taken 28 May 2018, Memorial Day.
Click "Play" to view the Slideshow below.
Harbor Springs Community Shopping Center
~ Fairview Square ~
930 & 1030 State Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Photos in the Slideshow presentation below were taken 18 August 2018.
Click "Play" to view the Slideshow below.
~ Fairview Square ~
930 & 1030 State Street, Harbor Springs, Michigan
Photos in the Slideshow presentation below were taken 18 August 2018.
Click "Play" to view the Slideshow below.
Slideshow Below: Guantlet Sailboat with a Black Sail
More of Charles Dawley's remarkable videos and photography can be viewed on
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
29 July 2019 ~ Posted only by Permission from Drone Photographer Charles Dawley, Up North Imaging
More of Charles Dawley's remarkable videos and photography can be viewed on
Drone Photography from Charles Dawley "Up North Imaging".
29 July 2019 ~ Posted only by Permission from Drone Photographer Charles Dawley, Up North Imaging
Click HERE for a link which explores
"Fashion, Function, and Material Composition" for "Why are Racing Sails Balck?"
"Fashion, Function, and Material Composition" for "Why are Racing Sails Balck?"
Photo Below: Downtown Harbor Springs
2020
2020
The Harbor Springs Veterans Memorials are featured on the Charlevoix Emmet History web site,
on the "Lakeview Cemetery" and "Zorn Park" web pages.
on the "Lakeview Cemetery" and "Zorn Park" web pages.
~ Harbor Springs Pillars ~
~ Harbor Springs Historian Earl DeLaVergne ~
Erwin/C.F. "Fay" ~ Registered pharmacist and licensed mortician (Owned and operated Erwin Funeral Parlors and Erwin Drug Store)
~ Wesley "Wes" Hovey ~
Owner of Hovey's Pharmacy
Owner of Hovey's Pharmacy
~ Frank Jessick ~
Harbor Springs Police Chief
Harbor Springs Police Chief
~ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lee ~
Civil War Romance
Civil War Romance
~ Ephraim Shay ~
Additional information about Ephraim Shay and his contributions to Harbor Springs and the area
may be found on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site on the "Railroads" web page.
Additional information about Ephraim Shay and his contributions to Harbor Springs and the area
may be found on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site on the "Railroads" web page.
Photo Below: Ephraim Shay's notoriety and brilliance were noted in the 11 April 1971 Lansing State Journal picturing his Shay engines on the Mason & Oceans Railway AND another in Keno, Michigan, in 1892.
Undated Photo Below: Ephraim Shay's gasoline loader on a narrow gauge railroad north of Harbor Springs, owned by Crowl Lumber Camp... Later the railroad was owned by Cadillac Handle Company.
Photo Below about 1899: Ephraim Shay's railroad north of Harbor Springs with the engine known as "Baby".
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~ Robert H. Wright ~
~ The Current Harbor Springs Logo in 2021 ~
Logo Description: The current circular Harbor Springs red, white, and blue, logo includes images of a crosscut saw, trees, stars, a teepee and a sailboat. Harbor Springs settlement year of 1829 and the phrase "All America City 1976" also are included on the logo.
The idea for a new Harbor Springs logo was put before the community as a logo design contest in October 2019. By February 2021 a redo of the present logo was presented to the city council, as well as a total new design. When final versions of the designs are completed, the city council will make the final decision, as to whether to approve a new logo, or retain the current logo.
Access to the logo options presented to the council may be accessed in the Harbor Springs City Council Agenda packet for 15 February 2021.
The idea for a new Harbor Springs logo was put before the community as a logo design contest in October 2019. By February 2021 a redo of the present logo was presented to the city council, as well as a total new design. When final versions of the designs are completed, the city council will make the final decision, as to whether to approve a new logo, or retain the current logo.
Access to the logo options presented to the council may be accessed in the Harbor Springs City Council Agenda packet for 15 February 2021.
During the 1 March 2021 Harbor Springs City Council meeting, a new city logo was approved. The logo had been professionally designed by Pro Image Design. The council selected the city logo option shown below which is a modified version of the existing city logo shown above.
Information about Emmet County's Medical Care Facility, located in Harbor Springs,
may be accessed on this same web site on the Bay Bluffs web page, by clicking HERE.
may be accessed on this same web site on the Bay Bluffs web page, by clicking HERE.
Information about Harbor Springs Holy Childhood of Jesus School (Mission School),
may be access on this same web site on the Schools web page, by clicking HERE.
may be access on this same web site on the Schools web page, by clicking HERE.
~ 29 Historical Photos of Harbor Springs ~
Click HERE.
Click HERE.