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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A8R_hattie-stimpson-1875-1948_Mackinaw-City-MI.html
Hattie Stimpson was one of the founding members of the Mackinaw Woman's Club some 90 years ago. On Saturday, March 6, 2004, ninety-two people attended Mackinaw Area's Historical Society's first annual Cabin Fever Dinner at Audie's Restaurant in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20W8_w-w-fairbairn_Alanson-MI.html
Walter W. Fairbairn came to Alanson in 1888 as a government surveyor. He worked as a blacksmith in Detroit and lived in North Dakota before settling permanently in Alanson in 1892. Three years later, he established a hardware and plumbing busine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJC_park-garden-cafe-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
Originally McCarty's Saloon and Billiard hall, the walls of the Park Garden Cafe would have a lot of stories to tell if they could talk. Built in 1875, the main billiard hall was one of Ernest Hemingway's favorite haunts. The interior is well-pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJB_the-annex-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
The Annex, managed by the Fochtman family, was popular during Hemingway's time. Historically a saloon and billiard hall, it legally sold only soft drinks during Prohibition but also, probably, alcohol. Hemingway is reported to have enjoyed playing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJA_potters-rooming-house-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
In the fall of 1919, Ernest Hemingway decided to stay in Petoskey and work on writing stories. From October to December, he rented an upstairs bedroom from Mrs. Eva Potter, a widow living here with her children. It was in that bedroom that he work…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJ9_the-braun-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
Was Hemingway thinking about the Braun Restaurant when he wrote about Brown's Beanery in Torrents of Spring? In 1882, John George and Margareta Braun began a hotel/restaurant business that spanned 55 years and three generations. The Braun was know…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UJ1_giles-restaurant-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
"We treet you righte both day and night and have no cause for sorrow. Eat your fill and pay your bille and come again tomorrow," was the wording on the sampler that hung in the back of Giles Restaurant for nearly 50 years. In 1929, Enoch Giles Sr.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIZ_the-pop-corn-king-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
The building on the far left is 328 East Mitchell. The Pop Corn King is the 326 address which opened in 1913. Meryl Leach was the pop corn king in Petoskey for nearly fifty years. A second floor family residence was added later. At the 328 address…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIX_fallass-drug-store-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
For the first thirty-five years this address was a drug store. It was first owned by Charles W. Fallass until 1928. John Lake was the next owner until 1935 when his business went into bankruptcy. At that time he took the paint and wallpaper part o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UIW_pere-marquette-railroad-station-historical_Petoskey-MI.html
Built by the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad in 1892, this building later served as the Pere Marquette Railroad's main station and Hemingway likely used it when traveling between Charlevoix and Petoskey. It became the Little Traverse History Mu…
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