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Looking Back
The St. Ignace News Saturday, January 30, 1892 The recent snow storms have spoiled the skating in the bay. Four traveling retail jewelers were in town on Thursday last, all bound for the lumbering camps. A number of boys attended a dance given in the Lake View House, Brevort Lake, last evening. The Mackinac Lumber Company has had a gang of men busy all week sawing large quantities of ice. Mike Quinn has purchased himself a roadster. All saloons and butcher shops are putting in ice that measures 22 inches in thickness. Holland & Company are going to build a large planing mill as soon as ground thaws enough to allow them to lay the foundation. They have a large stock of barrel heads on hand to plane. The railroad coming from Naubinway to the camps of N. Holland & Company will be connected with the road running out from Newberry, the distance being only one mile. This will give the Furnace people a fine outlet for their products, also making a water port for the receiving of coal and freight. This will likewise be a great benefit to the people of both towns. 90 Years Ago The St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, February 1, 1917 The Grand Theatre, the city's chief amusement place and owned by Chas. Kynoch & Company, was totally destroyed by fire between 4 and 5 o'clock Monday morning, entailing a loss of nearly $7,000 with a total of but $1,000 insurance on building and contents. The fact that the entire building was sheathed with sheet iron both inside and out made the work of the firemen most difficult, but the fact that the walls were thus protected is perhaps responsible for the fire being confined to the theatre. The origin of the fire will probably remain a mystery. It is to be hoped that the owners will find their way clear to rebuild in the near future and from the expressions heard on every side, they will be given every encouragement by this community to do so. The Butterfly theatre, rechristened the Midget Grand, was reopened Monday night by the Grand's management, and the public, as if to show its appreciation to surmount the obstacles of a fire which destroyed its home, packed the Midget to the doors through three performances. The little theatre is showing the high class pictures which characterized the entertainment at the Grand. The Ann Arbor car ferry No. 6 succeeded, with the assistance of the Ste. Marie, in forcing a passage through the straits to open water at an early hour yesterday morning and should have experienced no difficulty in making Manistique, to which port she was bound. Cheboygan ice men were reported to be cutting plenty of clear ice 12 inches thick last week. M. Hoban is planning to attend the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson on March 4 and 5. Engadine column - One of the most thrilling accidents which has ever occurred in Engadine happened Friday afternoon in the Edwin Bell Cooperage mill when one of the jointers blew up, injuring several of the employees. 50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, January 31, 1957 Eleven historical markers will be erected in the Upper Peninsula, including three in St. Ignace. They are 1) Fort Brady in Sault Ste. Marie, which was built in 1882; 2) Mackinac Island, in the little park near the main dock, to call attention to the wide range of historic spots all over the most historic of islands; 3) St. Ignace, at the old state ferry dock, marking the second oldest Michigan settlement, begun in 1671; other markers will mark the chapel of Father Marquette, and Fort de Buade of the same era; 4) Market Street on Mackinac Island, designating the thoroughfare that annually saw the comings and goings of thousands of fur traders; 5) Marquette Iron Range, oldest in the Lake Superior district; 6) The Copper Country, near a roadside park on US-41 near Calumet; 7) the Gogebic Iron Range; 8) Fort Wilkens, built by the U.S. in 1844 to protect early miners and prospectors from the Indians; 9) the Menominee Iron Range; 10) scene of the bloody "Sturgeon War" between the Chippewa and Menominee tribes, and settled in 1796 by the French, to be marked at the state tourist lodge information station in Menominee; 11) Michigan College of Mining and Technology (more familiarly known as Michigan Tech), is one of the leading mining technology schools in the nation and will have a historic marker on is own campus in Houghton. Russell Revord of the Revord Resort at Brevort was injured in a gas explosion which occurred in one of his cabins on Tuesday afternoon of last week. The Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railroad company announced Monday that it was filing with the Michigan Public Service Commission a petition for the discontinuance of the "Shoreliner," its passenger train operating between Marquette and St. Ignace. H.S. Mitchell, president, announced that the action was being taken because of the heavy losses, which were resulting from the operation. James Massaway, operator of The Coffee Shop in the Mulcrone building on South State Street, has leased the new main floor quarters in the Masonic building. Mr. Massaway plans to install a new restaurant there early in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. William Orr moved from the Willard Luepnitz home to their restaurant last weekend. The restaurant is in downtown Moran and is called the Northern Trail, which will be open May 15. 35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, January 27, 1972 Dr. Herbert Hamel, who has been Cubmaster of St. Ignace Cub Pack 127 for almost 18 years, is stepping down and William Alatalo, who has been assistant Cubmaster, will succeed him. "On January 31, 1972, I will retire from the postmastership after serving in that capacity nearly twenty-five years, having been appointed from the ranks by President Truman April 23, 1947, succeeding Paul Doud. I will be the last postmaster on Mackinac Island appointed by a president. Henceforth, they will be appointed by the new Postal Commission." - a letter written by Emerson E. Dufina. Following the mutual aid agreement between Pickford and Les Cheneaux, nine firemen and the triple-combination fire truck, carrying 850 gallons of water, joined the Pickford-Marquette Township Fire Department in fighting the blaze which destroyed the Andrew Fountain home on early Friday morning. 15 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, January 30, 1992 "The people here know how to put on a race," many drivers said of Channel Challenge '92, the snowmobile drag races held January 25 and 26 on Cedarville Bay. More than 180 racers competed on Saturday and about 140 stayed to finish on Sunday. The race for Mackinac County Prosecutor is heating up as a third candidate, Dan Dowdell of Cedarville, has formally announced that he will seek the office. The other two candidates are Al D'Alimonte of Brevort and E. Michael McNamara of St. Ignace. |
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