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    Old Mission Peninsula School Carnival, 1958 | Old Mission Gazette Photo
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    Old Mission History: Carnival Held at New School in 1958

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    Native Americans attend the dedication of the Old Mission School and Chapel, 1939 | A Century of Service Photo
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    History of Odawa Leadership in Northern Michigan – This Week on...

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    Richard Selleck with wife Marion and kids Micheal, Gerald and David | Selleck Family Photo
    Obituary

    Former OMP Methodist Church Pastor Richard Selleck Passes

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    Tim Boursaw, second from right, and Debbie Kennedy, right, with pals in Key West in the 1970s
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    Paradise Frost: Days of Christmas Past

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    Historic Ted Ayers Barn demolished on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Historic Ted Ayers Barn Demolished

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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"
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    OMP Historical Society Moves Forward in Year of Covid – How...

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    Remembering Shirley Blackmore, former secretary at Old Mission Peninsula School | Old Mission Gazette Photo
    Obituary

    Remembering Former OMPS Secretary Shirley Blackmore

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    Old Mission Peninsula Bear Hunters, Circa 1955; left to right, Keith Warren, Bernard Kroupa, George Kelly and Ray Carroll | Old Mission Gazette Photo via Traverse City Record Eagle, Nov. 22, 1955
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    Old Mission History: Bear Hunters Circa 1955

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    Peninsula Township Clerk Becky Chown, left, and Supervisor Rob Manigold, right, accept a check from Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society member Chris Rieser at Mission Point Lighthouse | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Peninsula Township Receives Check for Lighthouse Shutters – Photos of Event,...

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    Mission Point Lighthouse turns 150 and gets new shutters | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Mission Point Lighthouse Turns 150 and Gets New Shutters

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    Traverse City Resorters Baseball Team at Bowers Harbor Park circa 1910 on the Old Mission Peninsula | Don Harrison Photo; UpNorth Memories Postcards and Paper Collectibles
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    Old Mission History: Traverse City Resorters Baseball Team at Bowers Harbor...

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    The Little Bookshop at Bowers Harbor Letterhead | Source: Terry Hooper of Hooper's Farm Gardens on the Old Mission Peninsula
    History

    Old Mission History: Florence Kneip’s Little Bookshop at Bowers Harbor

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    Cutting the Cord - AcenTek's John DeVol installing Internet on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    John DeVol Retires from Phone Company After 46 Years

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    Mexican Drive-In Poster; Bowers Harbor on the Old Mission Peninsula, 1960s | Poster Courtesy of Katy Kern
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    I Was a Guard at the Mexican Drive-In at Bowers Harbor...

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    Log Cabin Day 2019 on the Old Mission Peninsula
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    Log Cabin Day Canceled – Help Support the OMP Historical Society

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    Dougherty Mission House in Old Mission, Michigan | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Love History? Be a Docent for the Dougherty Mission House!

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    Altenburg Lilacs are blooming in Old Mission | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    The Altenburg Lilacs Are Blooming – And Some Old Mission History

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    Apple blossoms in the Johnson Farms apple orchard on "The Forty," corner of Peninsula Drive and Kroupa Road | Jane Boursaw Photo
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    Apple Blossoms and Some Jane History – Photo Gallery

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