Beaver Island Michigan

Although there was never an official nine star flag (and the flag does have nine stars), a small number of 7, 8, and 9 star flags were made during the Civil War. Here is a quote from a letter written April 20, 1861 by Edward Armstrong, a young North Carolina volunteer, to his parents: "The flag...

Joe Moore makes valid points that no right-thinking person can argue with. Some of us think he is overstating the problem. Some of us think he is not. I'm somewhere in the middle. One thing Joe did say stops short of being a complete truth. He said that Beaver Island is part of the state of Michigan...

Dear Rich, and anyone else interested in this subject. I'm not sure how I got to be the "expert" on this subject since the whole thing continues to be a mystery to me. Anyway, thanks for replying to Steve Severance in my absence. I've made it a practice the last couple of years to be off t...

If you're interested in apple trees you might want to talk to Roy Elsworth at the Erin Motel. Roy is an agricultural engineer.