Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityThis week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]
Mackinac Island State Park Commission Meeting
Post Hospital 7029 Huron Road, Mackinac Island, United StatesA regular meeting of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission at the Post Hospital Administrative Building on Mackinac Island. #thisismackinac
Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityThis week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]
Vintage Base Ball
Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island, MIA vintage game of “base ball” as it was meant to be played, barehanded and by gentlemen’s rules on the old Fort Mackinac ball field behind Fort Mackinac, the oldest continually used ball field in Michigan. Learn an old-fashioned cheer, watch players fined for smoking cigars on the field, and enjoy a good old-fashioned rivalry! […]
Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityThis week, special programs at Historic Mill Creek explore hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about wild wetland plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, with fresh appreciation […]
Tour of the Turtle’s Back: Ancient Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island, MIThis afternoon ramble will reveal some of Mackinac Island’s most ancient wonders. Meet naturalist Kyle Bagnall at the Avenue of Flags, behind Fort Mackinac, where we’ll begin our hike. From there, we’ll follow winding pathways up to the “turtle’s back,” viewing Skull Cave, Point Lookout, Sugar Loaf, and Fort Holmes. This adventure covers about 1 […]
