Grand Traverse Resorts Attract Wide Interest For Summer Visitors
Among the grand resorts many owners report strong interest from managers and smaller properties seeking representation. Edgewood hosts a sociable season with visitors from Chicago Appleton and St. Louis. Garwood and Leelanau hotels add upgrades while guests from Cincinnati Columbus and Indianapolis plan extended stays. Diamond Park Green Lake and Morningside attract guests with cottages boats and daily services as the season opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xresort Managers’ Association
Holley
Edgewood
Miss King
Appleton
Wis
Chicago
Walter Dewitt
Willinette
W. W. Tanner
Saginaw
Dr. Wood
Sasimay
Herbert Keniston
New York City
Tanner
Diamond Park
Green Lake
H. H. Olds
Columbus
Ohio
Recollections of Pioneer Days and Traverse City
A 1912 letter recalls 1830s Traverse City pioneer life including the Companys garden raspberries Nellie the cow and children riding horses on the East Bay road. It also discusses early arrivals from Charlevoix and Beaver Island, local families, and memories of the 1850s. The piece ends with guidance on Traverse City as a convention city highlighting halls hotels side trips and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. BE. Wait
H. Dame
L. R. W. Babbitt
Walter Whitney
Mr. Rice
Wait
Traverse City
Old Settlers’ Association
Harbor Springs
Mich
Thomas Hitchcock
Agnes C. Goodale
Henry Campbell
Edward Greillick
Frank Brosch
Creilicks
Charlevoix
Canfield
Northport
Cathead Light
Byron
Charloaix
Burbeck
Mr. Strokes
Bowers Harbor
Mrs. Bowers
Mr. Savage
Will
Landing
James K. Gunton
Baxter
Alvin Stith
Vesel
Bagdad
Gunton
Greilick's Mill
Beaver Island
King Strang
D. Williams
Opals Harden Time as Mine Specimens Are Soft
Opals freshly mined are very soft and can be damaged easily by fingers. Early stages after extraction yield fragile stones that must be handled with care before they harden.
Traverse City Emphasized As Ideal Convention City
An article in a series praising Traverse City Michigan argues the city is ideal for births, deaths, and conventions. It notes central location between Detroit and Bessemer and its accessibility with 17 trains daily, including parlor cars and sleepers, linking to distant cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fis
Traverse City
Order of Eagles
Detroit
Bessemer
Grand Traverse
Riddle of the Sphinx and the Theban tale
The Sphinx posed a deadly riddle to Thebes inhabitants. Oedipus answered that man crawls as a child, walks upright in youth, and uses a cane in old age. The beast then perished by its own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thebes
Ita
Oedipus
Obituary for Mrs Alice Benton Reese 1912 death
Mrs Alice Benton Reese died at her Old Mission farm Lealy Wiles on the afternoon of April 11 1912 from pernicious anemia. Born March 4 1850 in Emsburg New York she lived in Sever Wisconsin before marrying Thomas Thompson Teese in March 1870. Survived by husband five daughters two sons one sister and many relatives. Funeral held at Congregational church with Rev A A Wall delivering a fitting sermon praising her Christian character and kindness. Twenty members attended the funeral of a much esteemed neighbor. Floral tributes honored her memory from Ladies Aid church and K O T M members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Benton
Reese
Hone
Lealy Wiles
Ohl
Gurgiv Cal
Ida Mary
Ats
Belle Martha, Buell
Charles Benton Reese
Imeline Archer
Charles’ Christie Ani Ohert Reese Buell
Congregational Church
A. A. Wall
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
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Grand Traverse Resorts
Narada
B. F. Garwood
J. V. Newton
Toledo
B. F. Hastings
Indianapolis
Ind
EB. J. Oliver
Wichita
Kan
H. Conley
Garwood
Omena
Department of
Florida
Silver Lake Inn
R.A. van Horn
Morningside
Pine Woods
Nellie
Nellie Whitney
Thomas
Cutler
Aurora
Austin
Louis
Johnsons
Petersons
Mother
Mr. Babbitt
Garlands
Smiths
Grand Traverse Region
Front Street
Old Mission Lighthouse
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Grand
Traverse Bay
Grand ‘Traverse Bay
Elk ‘Rapids
Jueland
Manitou Islands
Buureau
Globe
Citizens
Bell
Globe Department Store
The
Herald
Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston
Magasine
Cook
Thes Jaquas Mre, Co
Reynolds
H. M. Reynolds Asphalt Shingle Co
Oakland Ave
Grand Rapids
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