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History of the Old Mission Peninsula and Traverse City Area.

Old Mission Peninsula Hunters, Circa 1940s | Solomonson Family Archives

Old Mission History: OMP Deer Hunters, Circa 1940s

Jane Louise Boursaw - November 21, 2019 5

veterans, memorial day, war memorial, mission point lighthouse

Honoring Old Mission Veterans on Memorial Day

Jane Louise Boursaw - May 29, 2017 9

Alex and Belle Lardie Home and Store in Mapleton on the Old Mission Peninsula, Circa 1888

History of Peninsula Telephone Company – Up Next at OMP Historical...

Jane Louise Boursaw - November 6, 2019 1

Vintage photos from Old Mission Peninsula School from Bob Panter | PCL/Local History Room Photo

Boxes of Vintage OMPS Photos Given to Library

Mary Morgan - July 15, 2023 4

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

Tim Boursaw on the steps of the Old Mission school house, 65 years later; log church on the right and Deb's former house across the road | Jane Boursaw Photo

So It Begins, Part 2

Tim Boursaw - March 15, 2021 5

Log Cabin Day 2019 on the Old Mission Peninsula

Vintage OMP Quilt, Blacksmithing, Tours Highlight Log Cabin Day 2019 –...

Jane Louise Boursaw - July 5, 2019 4

Vintage Old Mission Peninsula farm photos; Johnson Farms on Center Road

Happy Labor Day: Vintage OMP Farm Photos and Hardworking Farmers

Jane Louise Boursaw - September 4, 2023 6

Old Mission History: McManus Barn on Center Road on the Old Mission Peninsula

Old Mission History: A McManus Barn, Bay View Insurance & Max’s...

Jane Louise Boursaw - August 19, 2019 3

Letter from Army to Stella Edgecomb about Frank Edgecomb's death in WWI | Jane Boursaw Photo

Old Mission History: WWI Letters Discovered in Back of Closet

Jane Louise Boursaw - February 24, 2020 21

Peninsula Community Library hosts reception for major donors on the Old Mission Peninsula

Vicki Shurly, Mary Morgan are Featured Speakers at This Week’s Historical...

Jane Louise Boursaw - May 5, 2021 0

Emily "Grandma" Bartko, left and Evelyn Kroupa holding the music for her; unsure of the others, although that may be Reba Dohm second from right | Mary Johnson Photo

Vintage Old Mission Recipes: Evelyn Kroupa's Oatmeal Cookies

Jane Louise Boursaw - December 20, 2019 5

Planting apple trees on Ward Johnson's farm on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

This Week on the Farm: Moving Bees, Planting Trees and Johnson...

Jane Louise Boursaw - April 27, 2023 2

Mission School Road, where Tim Boursaw recalls his early life of crime | Jane Boursaw Photo

So It Begins, Part 1

Tim Boursaw - February 22, 2021 7

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Old Mission Mystery: Where Is This Farm?

Old Mission History: Tim Carroll to Present Program on Ogdensburg School

OMP Quiz: Name These Kids at St. Joseph Catholic Church

The Lilacs Are Blooming on the Old Mission Peninsula

Old Mission History: Cider Mill and Apple Evaporator