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Chronicles the history of automobile transportation across the Straits of Mackinac.
Author : Les Bagley
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
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Category : Ferries
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Chronicles the history of automobile transportation across the Straits of Mackinac.
Author : Edward K. Reavie
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 28,10 MB
Release : 2010-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531656232
St. Ignace hosted its first car show in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over the years, the annual gathering has grown into one of the largest collector-vehicle events in the country. This lakeside community overlooking the mighty Mackinac Bridge and historic Mackinac Island boasts a spectacular waterfront--the perfect backdrop for a stunning array of eye-catching vehicles. In the early years, media referred to this show as "dessert." As the numbers of participants and attendees grew, it became known as the "main course." For teenagers growing up in the 1950s it was all new--cruisin', drive-ins, drag strips, the country's intense love affair with the automobile, and the birth of rock 'n roll. Over 34 years, the St. Ignace Car Show has brought hundreds of automotive legends to town, and car-show traffic set crossing records on the Mackinac Bridge that are unlikely ever to be broken. So fire up the hot rod and cruise back to a simpler time . . . all these cars and still no traffic light!
Author : Ed Reavie
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439641188
St. Ignace hosted its first car show in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over the years, the annual gathering has grown into one of the largest collector-vehicle events in the country. This lakeside community overlooking the mighty Mackinac Bridge and historic Mackinac Island boasts a spectacular waterfrontthe perfect backdrop for a stunning array of eye-catching vehicles. In the early years, media referred to this show as dessert. As the numbers of participants and attendees grew, it became known as the main course. For teenagers growing up in the 1950s it was all newcruisin, drive-ins, drag strips, the countrys intense love affair with the automobile, and the birth of rock n roll. Over 34 years, the St. Ignace Car Show has brought hundreds of automotive legends to town, and car-show traffic set crossing records on the Mackinac Bridge that are unlikely ever to be broken. So fire up the hot rod and cruise back to a simpler time . . . all these cars and still no traffic light!
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 38,37 MB
Release : 1975
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Page : 1436 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Aeronautics
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Vols. for 1919- include an Annual statistical issue (title varies).
Author : Willis F. Dunbar
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 1995-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802870551
This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition incorporates events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics.
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Page : 802 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Automobile industry and trade
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Author : Jean R. Beach and Dr. Don Steele
Publisher : Author House
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496947347
Undefeated provides an engaging and thorough picture of how a family owned business developed, overcame challenges, and interacted with the rich context of the northern Michigan tourism industry. It is a very rare story of a three-generation family-owned and family-operated business that has had to fight for survival for nearly seventy years. Fierce competition from other ferry lines, treacherous weather conditions, costly maintenance on passenger and freight vessels, changing governmental regulations, and depressed economic conditions in the State of Michigan are but a few of the challenges the Sheplers have faced over the years. This book reveals how, operating in the historically rich Straits of Mackinac waters of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry exploits the beautiful scenery, military forts, lighthouses, and the world famous Mackinac Bridge by conducting tours accompanied by expert narration sharing both fact and fiction about the native American culture of the region, the missionaries, fur trading, and ships lost to the rough waters of the Great Lakes. In this book the reader will also get some interesting insights into Mackinac Island and St. Ignace, with their very divergent cultures and offerings that can inspire and entertain visitors.
Author : Mike Fornes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2007-08-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439634874
On November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the Mackinac Bridge. That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dreaming about a bridge across the Straits of Mackinac, of discouraging attempts for legislative and congressional approval, of efforts to raise the funds, and finally of a three-year construction program necessary for the worlds longest and costliest (to date) suspension bridge. Michigans greatest symbol is expertly maintained, fully funded, and amazingly resilient to the many forces and factors of man and nature that have failed to seriously affect its status as the lone highway link between Michigans two main peninsulas. The miracle bridge at the Straits of Mackinac truly allows a view that epitomizes the state motto of Michigan, Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice, or If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
Author : Robert W. Domm
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Michigan
ISBN : 9781616731380