Re-opening the Archaeological Site at Michilimackinac
Late May saw the beginning of the 64th archaeological field season at Michilimackinac.
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Late May saw the beginning of the 64th archaeological field season at Michilimackinac.
On June 6, 1822, a shot rang out inside the American Fur Company’s retail store located on Mackinac Island’s Market Street. When the smoke cleared, Alexis St. Martin, lay bleeding on the floor…
In 1982, Mackinac Associates received its official 501(c)(3) status, and the organization that we know and love was officially born. Learn more here:
About 1864, a new resource was tapped for the first time along the rocky bluffs of Mill Creek – limestone.
It’s time for another deep dive into the collection!
One of the more unusual archaeological projects to take place at Fort Mackinac was an excavation that took place under a standing structure. The main question that excavation was looking to answer? Who built the Officer’s Wood Quarters, and when was it built?
Mackinac State Historic Parks maintains more than 100 buildings. Most are public, like the buildings inside Colonial Michilimackinac and Fort Mackinac. Others are behind the scenes, like the Petersen Center. Learn more about the administrative office of MSHP here.
Robert Campbell constructed a water-powered sawmill at Mill Creek about 1790, being the first of its kind in northern Michigan. Prior to the mill, trees were turned into lumber entirely with hand tools for more than 100 years at the Straits of Mackinac.
The earliest archaeological excavation at Fort Mackinac took place at one of its earliest structures, the British well.
