St. Ignace was visited by former United States President Theodore Roosevelt on his campaign train October 9, 1912, during his campaign for re-election on the Progressive ticket. Having served as the 26th U.S. president from 1901 to 1909, Mr. Roosevelt ran for election again in 1912 under his own party, the Progressive Party, or as he called it, the "Bull Moose Party." He was defeated by Woodrow Wilson. 115 Years Ago

The St. Ignace News

Saturday, August 22, 1891

A driving park and fair grounds for St. Ignace is now an assured fact. On Thursday last, 30 acres of land were purchased from Michael Masley, consideration $750. The land is situated on the Gros Cap road, opposite the Chamberlain farm, about one mile distant from the post office. During the coming winter the land will be cleared and a mile track made, so that a meeting may be held in the spring. During the summer a building will be erected and in the fall of 1892, Mackinac county's first annual fair will be held. This is one of the best moves yet made in the interest of St. Ignace and Mackinac county. Further particulars later.

Eiffel, the tower man, wants to build something high for the World's Fair. There's no reason for going to France for a man to build high things when there are thousands of experts in the making of high figures in this country, running summer resort hotels.

The Hotel Muskallonge, at Les Cheneaux, is enjoying a fine trade at present.

Wm. Massey of Brevoort Lake was in St. Ignace Monday. He reported 16 arrivals at the Massey House that morning.

Telephone connection with Ozark was established on Tuesday last and Allenville today.

The fire department received a $65 banner this week. Last week each member was supplied with a handsome nickel badge. A movement is now on foot to order parade pants for the members, so we say that the fire laddies are assuming metropolitan air.

90 Years Ago

The St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, August 24, 1916

From a farmer's standpoint, this season has been unfavorable. Heavy snowfall during the winter and a great rainfall during the spring saturated the earth with water, thus preventing early seeding. This wet season was followed by a drought which has lasted from the middle of June until the present time, keeping crops from maturing as they should.

The sporting house in Curtis is still in existence, notwithstanding the warnings of the officers.

Trout Lake wouldn't be Trout Lake without a bear in front of or near the hostlery of O.W. Smith, and there's always one there. Ollie got a grand new one the other day from Eugene Brown, which is doing duty at the old stand and adding to the gaiety of the town.

Conrad P. Becker Candidate for County Treasurer on the Democratic Ticket.

Moran column Edith Abby, who has been working at Moran Hotel, left for her home below the straits.

Three cheers for Moran! Our new depot is coming at last! We can hardly believe our eyes but a splendid building is now under headway. The new depot will be 20 feet wide by 70 feet long, build on a concrete foundation. The interior will be finished with southern pine and varnished.

50 Years Ago

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, August 23, 1956

County School Superintendent Norman Wixson said this week that there is a shortage of elementary teachers in the rural schools of Mackinac County. Full staffs have only been obtained at Gros Cap, Moran, and St. Ignace Township.

James Miswick, Brevort motel operator residing 19 miles west of St. Ignace, was compelled to kill a 150-pound pig-killing bear. It had three cubs in tow. A large bear that had been prowling the streets of Naubinway was shot by Conservation Officer Charles Vanderstar of Engadine. Other U.P. bear shot were a 200-pounder near Trout Lake on July 24; one at the Blue Spruce Motel, east of Newberry, and a bear was killed July 12 near a Sugar Island residence.

St. Ignace moved closer to firstplace Moran in the Eastern U.P. Baseball League Sunday by sweeping a double-header in St. Ignace. They defeated Pickford in the opener 6-1 and downed Goetzville in the nightcap, 8-3.

Choosing a calm, hazy evening, David Hart, 23-year-old Straits bridge worker, on Friday, swam the Straits of Mackinac on a course closely parallel to the bridge. He made the four-mile crossing in a time of one hour, 56 minutes, and 56 seconds.

Les Cheneaux column The board of education of Les Cheneaux community schools gave their unanimous vote of approval to J.A. Hanish to proceed with the plans to landscape the athletic field and erect lights to illuminate the football and softball fields.

35 Years Ago

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, August 26, 1971

Miss St. Ignace, Janice Steiner, has brought additional recognition to our City in being chosen second place runner-up in the U.P. State Fair Queen Contest, which was conducted Thursday, August 19, at Escanaba. She was awarded with a beautiful trophy and a $50 bond.

Debbie Kangas of Ontonagon, a junior at Northern Michigan University, won first place.

John R. Brown, like his brother, Ken, and his father, Claude, before him, was presented with the Purple Heart Medal at a presentation ceremony at the Legion Hut Thursday, August 19. Mr. Brown suffered a hip wound in Vietnam and is presently at home awaiting corrective surgery this fall. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant corporal shortly before his return home.

15 Years Ago

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, August 22, 1991

A Flint couple were robbed at gunpoint of their car and money about 5:30 p.m. August 17 at a US2 scenic turnout east of Ozark Road in Moran Township. Police investigating the incident found a surprise in the two-door car left behind by the robber: a briefcase containing a six-foot-long boa constrictor.

Mackinac Island's ability to treat wastewater will be nearly doubled by 1993 under a new directive from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The directive, in

the form of a DNR administrative order issued this week, sets in motion a timetable for upgrading the Island's wastewater treatment plant to be able to treat a maximum of 900,000 gallons of raw sewage a day, thereby bringing the plant into compliance with State and Federal clean water regulations.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The St. Ignace News is seeking original prints or reprints of old photographs depicting areas in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to be scanned into its archives and for the Looking Back column. Photographs to be loaned or donated to the Michilimackinac Historical Society can also be dropped off at The St. Ignace News. Looking Back Readers Provide Information About Snows Hotel

Several readers responded to our Looking Back photograph of the Snows Hotel in the July 13 issue of The St. Ignace News. Vivienne (Hendricks) Sperling of Davison noted that The Snows Hotel and Cottages were purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Krause from Frederick Meyers. In the early 1940s, a corporation of four gentlemen purchased the resort from the Krauses and operated it until 1945, when they sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hendricks.

Barbara Vollmer Bockey of Cedarville wrote the following: "My great-grandparents, Margaret and Joseph Krause, bought the Snows Hotel in about 1925 from

Frederick W. Meyers of St. Louis. In the 1930s, an addition was put on with four guest rooms and a bath on the second floor. The new recreation room was on the first floor. In 1943, the Snows Hotel was sold to four men, Dana Hoffman, Kenneth Wattam, W. Burkhart, and A.P. Winter. In the fall of 1945, they sold the hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hendricks of Detroit. The hotel burned to the ground in 1949."

Mrs. Bockey also refers readers to a more detailed account her aunt, Virginia Vollmer Britton, wrote for Phillip McM. Pittman's historical anthology, "Ripples from the Breezes."