Remember the Time: Making a Wish in the Mist
By Chriss Lyon A resident of St. Joseph looks back on her childhood in this southwest Michigan community and the history of its iconic 19th-century fountain.

Nelson and Eliza Truckey: A Civil War Saga
By Chris Shanley-Dillman A great-great-great-granddaughter of the Truckeys shares the unusual story of a wife and mother of six who assumed responsibility for the lighthouse at Marquette Harbor while her keeper husband went to war.

James Birney and the Politics of Abolition
By D. Laurence Rogers Birney, a slave owner-turned-ardent abolitionist, was nominated twice for governor of Michigan and twice for president of the United States. His philosophy also inspired the founders of the Republican Party.

UAW: An Iconic Union Turns 75 Years
By Kathryn Dowgiewicz In the 1930s, a strike at Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company marked the beginning of one of the most powerful labor unions that Michigan-and the nation-has ever known. A photo essay looks back at key events in United Auto Workers' history.

Mason Remembers Malcolm
By Joseph Boggs After his father's violent death and his mother's breakdown, Malcolm X (then Malcolm Little) was sent to live in Mason where he finally enjoyed a stable home and success at school. One teacher's misguided comment, however, set him on a new path-to activism.

Women with Wings: The WASP in Michigan
By Sarah Byrn Rickman Almost as fast as airplanes came off the assembly line, they were ferried to their destinations by an elite corps of fliers: the Women Air Service Pilots of Romulus AAB.

A Tunnel Turns 100
By Bob Cosgrove An engineering marvel at the time of its opening in 1910, the Detroit River Tunnel-joining Detroit and Windsor-has survived changes in motive power and the size of railroad cars to capably compete in the North American rail business.

Libel? A Defender of the Downtrodden Is Put on Trial
By Pete Daly Swift Lathers, an eccentric small-town newspaperman, was charged with criminal libel when he questioned the verdict of a coroner's inquest into the death of a migrant worker. That pitted Lathers directly against the sheriff who shot the young man.

Americanization: Hastened by Hate?
By George Wieland Ann Arbor Germans of the early 20th century were proud of their homeland and promoted it in their schools, churches, and neighborhoods. Then World War I erupted, forcing many in the college town to hide their heritage.

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