Mary Morgan and Tim Carroll with a vintage Old Mission Peninsula map at Peninsula Community Library's History Room; Harvesting History event; Tim also had a fantastic slideshow highlighting migrant history on the Carroll farm | Jane Boursaw Photo
Festivities started at 11 a.m., and the rain held off until around 2 p.m. It rained buckets for a short while, and then the blue skies and puffy clouds returned.
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Note that the Maritime Heritage Alliance is hosting a boat show and FUNraiser on Sept. 11, 2021, when they will officially launch the Bateau (photo below). Visit their website or call (231) 946-2647 for more info. More info and registration for the FUNraiser can be found at https://nopowertopower.eventbrite.com.
A group listens to Jim Ribby, Civil War Poet, at the Harvesting History event, Mission Point Lighthouse | Jane Boursaw PhotoRug Hookers at the Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoRug Hookers at the Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoRug Hookers at the Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoVintage bells on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoMulti-colored corn on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoHelen Herzberg Family Band at Lighthouse Park; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoPhyllis Cooley (Jane’s cousin) gives a tour of the Hessler Log Home at Lighthouse Park; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoTable display in the Hessler Log Home at Lighthouse Park | Jane Boursaw PhotoAntique Corn Shucker on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoHistoric Bateau from the Maritime Heritage Alliance, on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoHistoric Bateau from the Maritime Heritage Alliance, on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoHistoric Bateau from the Maritime Heritage Alliance, on display at Mission Point Lighthouse; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoAntique Bean Sorter on display during the 2021 Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoNative American Council Tree, where the Grand Traverse Band and Little Traverse Band of Indians gathered together; located on private property | Jane Boursaw PhotoHarvesting History team at Fire Station 3, where popcorn and children’s games took place | Jane Boursaw PhotoDougherty Mission House on Harvesting History day | Jane Boursaw PhotoNative American Historian and Crafter Linda Woods at the Dougherty House for Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoNative American Historian and Crafter Linda Woods at the Dougherty House for Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoAl Bonney, center front, with musicians at a sing-along at the Dougherty House for Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoEvelyn Johnson, author of ‘Barns of Old Mission Peninsula,’ at the Dougherty House; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoOld Mission Women’s Club President Janis Haine with her gourmet cookies | Jane Boursaw PhotoWicker cart at the Dougherty House for Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoPlaque at the Dougherty House on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw PhotoGeorgia Holman and Judy Weaver at the Vintage Quilt Display at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoVintage Wagon Wheel Family Quilt from the Johnson Family Archives; on display at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church for the Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoVintage farm equipment at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw PhotoOn display at the Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church were a variety of vintage cookbooks, cooking tips, baked goods and more | Jane Boursaw PhotoMary Morgan and Tim Carroll with a vintage Old Mission Peninsula map at Peninsula Community Library’s History Room; Harvesting History event; Tim also had a fantastic slideshow highlighting migrant history on the Carroll farm | Jane Boursaw Photo
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[…] The OMP Historical Society also has another mystery event coming up in September. Stay tuned to the Gazette for more info on that, and see pics from the 2019 Log Cabin Day here and last year’s Harvesting History event here. […]
[…] The annual Log Cabin Day took place on Sunday, June 26, on the Old Mission Peninsula. It was a lovely day to celebrate the history of the Peninsula, especially since the event had been sidelined for a couple of years due to that little thing called the pandemic (though we did have a “Harvesting History” event last year). […]