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All those years ago! Wow! Flushing Michigan Happenings
“It’ll n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ run.” On November 30, 1985, the Pere Marquette 1225 moved under her own power for the first time since 1951. In 1988, the restored locomotive began a whole…
One of the great pictures of Downtown Flushing #FlushingHistoricalSociety #Flushing #FlushingMI
On May 13, 1712, Fort Pontchartrain at Detroit was attacked by forces from three native tribes. Du Buisson, who had recently replaced Cadillac as commander in Detroit, led a successful…
On May 1, 1963, JFK unveiled a US postal stamp designed by Georg Olden (second from left) commemorating the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Olden was the first African American…
As the Michigan State University Railroad Club soldier on in the restoration of Pere Marquette 1225, friendships were made in the form three angels who were ready to help. Don…