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 Great Lakes Titanics: Shipwrecks on the Inland Seas
May 17 - August 31, 2008
Doan History Center
Rotating Gallery
Shipwrecks have claimed many lives and vessels on the Great Lakes and this exhibit will highlight some of the well-known losses during the past 100 years with artifacts, photographs, and information pertaining to various shipwrecks. Also included is information about diving and recent shipwreck dives, and about the role of the United States Life Saving Service, the forerunner of today's U.S. Coast Guard.
 Sponsored by Bruno's Dive Shop.
Great Lakes Shipwrecks Opening Reception
June 3, 2008 - 7 p.m.
Doan History Center
Join us as guest speaker, producer, diver, videographer and marine historian Ric Mixter from Airworthy Productions presents “Shipwrecks of the Saginaw Valley.” Ric will share information gleaned from shipwreck survivors and first-hand accounts of diving various Great Lakes wrecks.
Ric's underwater adventures are known to millions who watch his documentaries and news stories on television. Ric has donated some 30 shows to PBS and has also found world-wide audiences on the Vision Network and Outdoor Channel. Ric has also been featured as an on-camera researcher for the Discovery Channel and History Channel, and is also an award-winning news reporter, working for stations all across Michigan. He created Airworthy Productions in 2000 and continues to produce industrial and fundraiser videos fulltime as a videographer.
Ric holds several certifications in SCUBA, including advanced ratings and ice rescue.
He served several years on the Saginaw County Underwater Rescue Team as a marine deputy/diver and was also the diver/videographer for expeditions to the Edmund Fitzgerald and Carl D. Bradley.
Also Featuring “Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships” Book Signing with Fred Neuschel
Fred brings the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes to life in his book “Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships”, using the tragic story of the schooner Rouse Simmons as a window into the robust but oft-forgotten communities that thrived along Lake Michigan from Civil War days until World War I. He will be available before and after the reception to personalize his book for you.
"Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships" is $24.95. All Midland County Historical Society members and volunteers receive a 10% discount.
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more info on the book and author click here:
Admission: $5, MCHS Members Free
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 Mad Hatter Tea Party
Sunday, July 13, 2008
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Heritage Park
Hats off for a mad tea time!
The classic adventures of "Alice In Wonderland" will leap off the page at the Mad Hatter Tea Party! Join the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and friends for a madcap tea party with trading tables, cakes that encourage you to "eat them"’ and Alice-themed treats. Then step outside to join the Queen of Hearts for some Flamingo and Hedgehog croquet on the lawn. Be careful or you just might lose your head over the wild and wondrous things that can happen in Wonderland!
At the Carriage House Hall and grounds.
For elementary-grade ages and up.
Admission: $15
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Midland County
Historical Society’s Heritage Park
3417 West Main Street
Travel through time and explore the history of Midland
County at Heritage Park – a unique combination of state-of-the-art
archival and multi-purpose facilities in a pleasant campus setting
close to downtown Midland and the Pere Marquette Rail Trail. Located
at 3417 W. Main St., less than 1 mile from the Midland Center
for the Arts.
Heritage Park
Hours
Wed.–Sat.: 10 am–5 pm & Sunday: 1 pm–5
pm
Heritage Park
Museum Admission*
Adults: $5 | Children
4-14: $3 | Children under
3: free
Admission is FREE to Members of Midland County
Historical Society and Friends of the Center
*Includes all three facilities
listed below for one admission,
all within walking distance of one another.
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What to See
& Hours of Operation
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Research
Library
Located inside the Hebert D. Doan Midland County History
Center.
Public hours: Tues & Thurs: 1:00-5:00 pm
Trained MCHS staff and volunteers will be available to provide
materials and general research assistance.
Our archival collection includes a wide array of unusual
and interesting primary and secondary material, which is
of value to genealogists (pdf 93k), students, authors and others who
are curious about the history of their home, business or
community.
Some of the resources available
for public use:
• Preservation and antiques – "How to" books, identification, general history, antiques and collectibles.
• Local and general history – Reference books,
local history books, local authors’ books, city directories,
yearbooks, research papers and biographies.
• Archival collections– early Midland County history
to contemporary, maps of county from 1850s to present, photographs,
legal papers and deeds, oral histories, personal and organizational
papers.
• Periodicals—Antiques and collectibles, museum
profession publications
For more information on the MCHS
Research Library, please email MCHS or call 631-5930
ext. 1301.
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3417 West Main Street
The
aspirin you take for a headache, the thin plastic
used to cover food, the dye that makes jeans
blue all had their beginnings in Midland, Michigan,
thanks to the pioneering chemical experiments
of Herbert H. Dow, founder of The Dow Chemical
Company. Multi-media exhibits and innovative
audio and video displays provide a fascinating
look at the birth of Midland’s largest
business and the evolution of the chemical and
pharmaceutical industries.
Experience
authentic Victorian Gothic architecture with
these two beautifully restored buildings. The
1874 Bradley Home is a hands-on historic house
museum where you can enjoy a glimpse of the
everyday life of an early Midland family. The
Carriage House features an amazing collection
of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs, and is
home to mid-Michigan’s largest functional
blacksmith’s shop.