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Aug-14-2022

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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...

Marc Hooper - August 12, 2022 0

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

Old Mission Mystery – Where Were These 1946 Photos Taken?

Jane Louise Boursaw - August 6, 2022 1

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

PDR Program 101: Farmland Preservation on the August 2 Ballot

Jane Louise Boursaw - July 25, 2022 10

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 –...

Jane Louise Boursaw - July 19, 2022 2

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 &...

Jane Louise Boursaw - May 11, 2022 1

Giles family | Tim Carroll presentation at PCL, Oct 2021

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

Jane Louise Boursaw - April 12, 2022 4

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’

Jane Louise Boursaw - April 5, 2022 0

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

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

Jane Louise Boursaw - October 31, 2021 7

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...

Jane Louise Boursaw - October 5, 2021 8

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

Community Notes

OMP Historical Society to Meet Oct. 7

Jane Louise Boursaw - October 2, 2021 0

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

Jane Louise Boursaw - September 9, 2021 22

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

The Johnson Barn Gets a Makeover

Jane Louise Boursaw - September 7, 2021 0

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...

Jane Louise Boursaw - August 31, 2021 0

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

Jane Louise Boursaw - August 30, 2021 5

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Gorman's Barn on Peninsula Drive | Jane Boursaw Photo

Old Mission News & Photos: Lavender, Cherries, Fire Staff, Artists, PDR,...

August 13, 2022

Peninsula Township Fire Department with Madelyn Ryan at Fire Station 2 | PCL Photo

Library Book Sale is This Week

August 13, 2022

Old Mission Legion gets a new roof | Jane Boursaw Photo

Legion News: A New Roof and This Week’s Dinner Menu

August 13, 2022