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A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

Archive for October, 2009

History’s First Aerial Elopement

By Bob Garrett, Archives of MichiganBob Garrett, Archives of Michigan | October 27, 2009

Art Smith and Aimee Cour couldn’t marry in Indiana. They could marry in Michigan, but they had to get there. Fortunately for them, Art was a pilot!

Out With the Old, In With the New

By Mary Zimmeth, Archives of MichiganMary Zimmeth, Archives of Michigan | October 6, 2009

In 1894, the Lansing City Council authorized bonds to build a new City Hall on the corner of Ottawa and Capitol Avenues. Accepting the plans of prominent architect Edwyn A. Bowd, the Council spent $150,000 on this new structure.


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