Michigan History Moment
Michigan History Moment™ is a weekly three-minute radio program that focuses on people, places, and events in Michigan’s past. The program is written and recorded by Michigan History magazine and the Historical Society of Michigan staff. Michigan History Moment airs on radio stations throughout the state including 89.7FM-WLNZ.
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Episodes (187)
Shrine of the Pines
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Heat Wave of 1936
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Mackinac Island Lilacs
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Remembering the Blissfield 16
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The Italian Hall Disaster
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The Lone Ranger: An American Hero Emerges
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From Famine to Feast: Eating Muskrat in Michigan
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The Misadventure of Dr. Ransom
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The Michigan County Seat "Battles"
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Sonny Elliot: The 'Shoggy' Weatherman
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Evergreen Philanthropy: The Hartwick Pines
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Tragedy Aboard the USS Maine
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Haller's Blue Army: The Valor of Polish Americans in WWI
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Grand Hotel: A Jewel of Michigan History
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Legacy of the Odawa: Courage and Service in World War I
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The Genesis of Gerber Baby Food
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The Welcoming Doors of the Rainbow Inn
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The Pioneers of Sugar Beet Farming in Michigan
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Traverse City State Hospital
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The Minnehaha's Final Voyage
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Detroit's Cigar Factories
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Sherman Covered Wagons: A Camping Revolution
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The Legacy of Tim McCoy: Michigan's Cowboy
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Michigan's Early Automobile Companies
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The Origins of Faygo Pop: Remember When You Were a Kid?
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Burt Lake Burn Out: The Fight for Recognition and Justice
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Admission of First Female Students at UMich
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How Copper Mining Created a Chinese Legacy
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The Page Fence Giants
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Beyond the Battlefield: Women’s Vital Roles in WWI
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Michigan's Atlantis: The Rise and Fall of Belvidere
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Trailblazer of Women's Suffrage: Olympia Brown
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The Story Behind Michigan's Historic Fire Lookout Towers
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The Sweet Story of Sayklly’s Confectionery & Gifts
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Silk Dreams: The Forgotten Story of Michigan's Silk Production
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WWII Prisoners of War in Michigan
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Mary Chase Perry & Pewabic Pottery
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Makinen Tackle Company
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Michigan's Woodstock - The Goose Lake International Music Festival
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Isaac Wixom Lamb
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Jesuit Missions
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Marquette University's Peppermint Farm
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The Rising Sun Shipwreck
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The Mormon King
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Stapling Porcelain
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Aliya Hassen
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The Green Book
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Henrietta Napier
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Hamtramck Train Wreck
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James Oliver Curwood
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