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This Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of House of Flavors Restaurant of Ludington and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. Please be sure to visit our companion site, www.greatlakesboatblog.com for more photographs. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Friday, June 20, 2025 MUSKEGON, Mich. — My focus the last few days has been centered around the Aquastar, a vessel…
PENTWATER — The Pentwater Arts Council and Pentwater Historical Society announced that The Lamplighter, a 2024-2025 Pentwater Arts Council Sculpture Walk selection, will become a permanent display at the Pentwater Historical Museum, 85 South Rutledge, where it currently resides. “A generous donation from an anonymous family has made the purchase of this popular sculpture as a gift to the Pentwater…
Historical marker to be dedicated Aug. 10 By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor BENONA TOWNSHIP — Oceana County’s fourth Michigan historical marker will be dedicated Saturday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. at Blackberry Ridge across the road from Cherry Point Farm and Market, 9600 West Buchanan Road. “The ceremony will celebrate the history of the early settlement and the pioneering families…
PENTWATER — The Pentwater Historical Society will unveil a 9-foot model of the USS Sequoia this summer. A grant from Michigan Humanities will help fund the completion of a scale model of the presidential yacht, which was in service to the nation from 1935 until 1977. The yacht, nicknamed the “Floating Oval Office,” was sold by the U.S. government as…
USS LST 393 offers unique glimpse at WWII history MI Travelogue is a presentation of Peterson Farms, Inc. Story and Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief MUSKEGON — For 75 years, an important piece of U.S. Navy history has called Muskegon home. The USS LST 393, which for most of its existence was known as the Highway 16, is a 328-foot…
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