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    Deni and Rex Hooper on their wedding day | Hooper Photo

    Marc Hooper on His Mom, Hiroshima and the End of the...

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    Tom Sheffer at a mystery location on the Old Mission Peninsula, circa 1946 | Sheffer Photo

    Old Mission Mystery – Where Were These 1946 Photos Taken?

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    Carpenter Hill on Center Road; Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

    PDR Program 101: Farmland Preservation on the August 2 Ballot

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    Phyllis Cooley tells stories about the Hessler Log Home; Log Cabin Day 2022 | Jane Boursaw Photo

    Log Cabin Day 2022 Features Tours, Blacksmithing, Storytelling and More –...

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    Father Rexroat performs the Blessing of the Blossoms on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

    Upcoming Events: Church Treasure Sale, Pickleball Fundraiser, Holman Farm History &...

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    Giles family | Tim Carroll presentation at PCL, Oct 2021

    A History of the Brown/Giles Family Farm, where Brys Estate is...

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    Peninsula Fire Department, Circa 1945; this photo was taken at the “fire barn,” located on Center Road, just north of the current fire hall in Mapleton. Pictured, standing left to right: Harry Heller, Arnold White, Roy Hooper, Claude Watson, Stanley Wood and Ray Heller. Seated in the truck are John Lardie (wearing helmet) and Ike (Isadore) Lardie | Photo Courtesy of the book "A Century of Service"

    Historical Society to Present ‘History of Peninsula Fire Department’

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    Grace Marshall Pratt Bacon, circa 1935 | Photo courtesy of Nikki Sobkowski

    Old Mission Ghost Stories: The Haunting of Glen and Becky Chown’s...

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    Ed Brown goes to Bus Driver School, 1957, Traverse City, Michigan | Traverse City Record-Eagle; Old Mission Gazette Photo

    Old Mission History: Ed Brown Goes to Bus Driver School in...

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    Edgar P. DeVol packing apples bound for Chicago in 1929; John "J.D." DeVol's grandfather | A Century of Service Photo

    OMP Historical Society to Meet Oct. 7

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    Marge Long's Modified Recipe for Ella Drew's Cry Babies Cookie Recipe from "The Old Mission Cook Book Compiled by The Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church" | Marge Long Photo for Old Mission Gazette

    Vintage Recipes: Old Mission Cry Babies

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    Foundation work on Johnson Barn; Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

    The Johnson Barn Gets a Makeover

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    Abraham Lincoln: A Biography by Benjamin P. Thomas; Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society | Old Mission Gazette Photo

    Historical Society Program to Feature Abraham Lincoln Biography with Ties to...

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    Mary Morgan and Tim Carroll with a vintage Old Mission Peninsula map at Peninsula Community Library's History Room; Harvesting History event | Jane Boursaw Photo

    ‘Harvesting History’ Celebrated on the Old Mission Peninsula – Photos

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