by macombnow | Sep 18, 2019
By Denis LeDucHorse harnesses, logging chains and rolls of cable hang from the ceiling. Cans of paint, varnish, turpentine, and oil line the shelves. Pitchforks, hoes and rakes stand in the corner and displays of cigars, chewing tobacco and candy cover the...
by macombnow | Mar 15, 2019
By Denis LeDucImperial Japan had invaded China in 1937 and threatened to overrun all of Asia and the Pacific. The genocidal regime of Adolph Hitler and the German Nazis had invaded Poland in 1939. Having perfected a new type of tank warfare called “blitzkrieg,” the...
by macombnow | Dec 23, 2018
By Denis LeDucThe timber, some trees as much as eight feet in diameter, stretched endlessly across the Michigan frontier in the 19th century. Great stands of hardwoods in southern Michigan and pines further north drew pioneer lumbermen from Maine and New York.It is...
by macombnow | Sep 15, 2018
By Denis LeDuc In the early 1800s much of Macomb County was thickly forested wilderness; but by the 1840s, what had been the frontier, was yielding to the axe, plough, and the relentless push of the pioneers westward. Log cabins were giving way to more comfortable...
by macombnow | Jun 18, 2018
The more things change, the more things stay the same. Before the 1920s, most Michigan roads were nothing more than dirt and gravel. Even new roads back then soon became near impassable in the spring due to rain and cold weather damage. Again, the more things change,...
