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Our Newest Contributors!
This site is devoted to the history of Michigan as told through the individual research and writing of a number of contributors, many of whom are students at Lansing Community College. The 2016 student pages are now added to the site and are accessed through the menus at the top of the page, each leading to another page exploring…
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The Boardman, a Post-Industrial River?
by David Siwik, Præteritum Editor Mention Michigan industry and many people will think immediately of the southern part of the state, and for good reason. Southern Michigan cities from Muskegon to Grand Rapids, from Benton Harbor to Detroit, while varying greatly in size, share in common an industrial heritage. Yet the northern part of the state too…
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The Michigan Vietnam Memorial and Hall of Justice
by David Siwik, Præteritum Editor Downtown Lansing has several war memorials honoring the men and women who fought for the United States. While many of these are on the Capitol Lawn, at the other end of the state government office complex sits the most recent installation, the Michigan Vietnam Memorial. Juxtaposed the Hall of Justice, it…
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Michigan’s Capitol(s)
by David Siwik, Præteritum Editor Michigan’s current state house is actually the third; the first was in Detroit (the present day Capitol Park in downtown Detroit is named accordingly), the second was located a couple blocks away from where the current building sits in downtown Lansing. Designed by Elijah E. Myers and built between 1872 and 1878,…
