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History of the Old Mission Peninsula and Traverse City Area.

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

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Happy Labor Day: Vintage OMP Farm Photos and Hardworking Farmers

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Old Mission Peninsula School, 8th Grade Graduation Photo, 1967 | Panter Collection at Peninsula Community Library

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Vintage OMPS Photos: 8th Grade Graduation Photo, 1967

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Vintage OMPS Photos: left to right, Alex Galligan, Norm Crampton, Bernie Carroll, Bill Welhusen and Bob Panter | Panter Collection at Peninsula Community Library

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Vintage OMPS Photos: Mr. Galligan Having Coffee With the Bus Drivers...

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Vintage OMPS Photos: Mrs. Hilt and the Girls Basketball Team, 1960s

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

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Boxes of Vintage OMPS Photos Given to Library

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Rudy and Patti Rudolph at the Hessler Log Home; Lighthouse Park, Log Cabin Day 2023 | Phyllis Cooley Photo

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Log Cabin Day 2023: Photos of the Hessler Log Cabin, Lighthouse...

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Fresh Strawberries at Local Yokels' Farm Stand on the corner of Gray Road and Center Road | Jane Boursaw Photo

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OMP News & Photos: Roses with History, Strawberries, Log Cabin Day,...

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Peninsula School Band, 1936; Old Mission Peninsula | Archival Photo

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Old Mission History: That Time Ted Ayers Drove Into the Peninsula...

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JoAnn Cole, Chris Rieser and Elizabeth Adams with Maria Dougherty's spinning wheel at the Dougherty House in the village of Old Mission | Jane Boursaw Photo

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Dougherty House News: Maria Dougherty’s Spinning Wheel, Road Scholars and a...

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Karen and Chris Rieser in the renewed historic Log Church in Old Mission | Jane Boursaw Photo

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Historic Log Church in Old Mission Gets a Makeover

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Marge Long, Russell Knapp (Gideons Representative) and Helen Mumford at Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church | Jane Boursaw Photo

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Methodist Church News: Treasure Sale, Youth Group and Russell Gore

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

Farm and Orchard Time

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

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Father Rexroat with Karen Buchan at Buchan's Blueberry Hill; Blessing of the Blossoms on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

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Blessing of the Blossoms Planned – History of the Event &...

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Dougherty House Adds Pavilion Honoring Bill Cole

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Tim Carroll leads a tour through the Ogdensburg Cemetery on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

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Walk With Tim Carroll Through the Ogdensburg Cemetery – VIDEO

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Old Mission Mystery - Where Is This Church

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Old Mission Mystery: Where Was This Church Located?

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Margaret and William Wilson | Helen Vogel Archives

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Old Mission History: Mrs. Wilson, Billboards and a Chance Encounter in...

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Deni and Rex Hooper on their wedding day | Hooper Photo

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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

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Old Mission Mystery – Where Were These 1946 Photos Taken?

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Maple Grove Friendship Club Celebrates 50 Years of Mother-Daughter Dinners – Photos Through the Years

A Chestnut Story: Saving an American Icon on the OMP

Thousands Gather in Paradise for 50th Anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald Sinking

Honoring Sarah Lane: Mission Point Lighthouse Keeper Finally Receives a Grave Marker

Dougherty House News: A Special Anniversary (You’re Invited!), A Cool Garden and Trail,...

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Happy Labor Day: Vintage OMP Farm Photos and Hardworking Farmers

Vintage OMPS Photos: 8th Grade Graduation Photo, 1967

Vintage OMPS Photos: Mr. Galligan Having Coffee With the Bus Drivers...

Vintage OMPS Photos: Mrs. Hilt and the Girls Basketball Team, 1960s

Boxes of Vintage OMPS Photos Given to Library

Log Cabin Day 2023: Photos of the Hessler Log Cabin, Lighthouse...

OMP News & Photos: Roses with History, Strawberries, Log Cabin Day,...

Old Mission History: That Time Ted Ayers Drove Into the Peninsula...

Dougherty House News: Maria Dougherty’s Spinning Wheel, Road Scholars and a...

Historic Log Church in Old Mission Gets a Makeover

Methodist Church News: Treasure Sale, Youth Group and Russell Gore

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

Blessing of the Blossoms Planned – History of the Event &...

Top Stories of 2022: Bear Sightings, Farmer Warren, Mrs. Wilson and...

Dougherty House Adds Pavilion Honoring Bill Cole

Walk With Tim Carroll Through the Ogdensburg Cemetery – VIDEO

Old Mission Mystery: Where Was This Church Located?

Old Mission History: Mrs. Wilson, Billboards and a Chance Encounter in...

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

Old Mission Mystery – Where Were These 1946 Photos Taken?

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Jane’s Eye Surgery Update and the Artemis II Moon Mission

Great Lakes Whale Migration 2026 Begins on the Old Mission Peninsula

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