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  • Train Wreck East of Fowlerville, Michigan - August 1, 1947

    Train Wreck 2 miles East of Fowlerville, Michigan - August 1, 1947 on the Pere Marquette railroad. 

    Read the August 7, 1946 Livingston County Press article Freight Wreck Delays Mail. (links work in the library or if you have Newspapers.com subscription)
  • Fatal Car Wreck Near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan -1954.

    Fatal Car Wreck Near the Chesapeake & Ohio Depot, Fowlerville, Michigan -1954.

    View the Livingston County Press article Train - Auto Crash on Wednesday Fatal to Orel Lasher and his obituary from the 23 June 1954 paper. (links work in the library or if you have Newspapers.com subscription)
  • Railroad Construction, Jewitt Street Bridge, C & O Railroad, Howell, Michigan

    This photograph is believed to be of the Railroad Construction, Jewitt Street Bridge, C & O Railroad, Howell, Michigan.

    The C & O Railroad was formerly known as the Pere Marquette Railroad.

    This pictures is also in the "Howell Bicentennial History Book and Photographic Supplement", 1992, p. 319.

    The date and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
  • Detroit & Howell Railroad Company, Stock Certificate

    This is a photograph of a Detroit & Howell Railroad Company, Stock Certificate.  This railroad was completed in 1871 and later became known as the Pere Marquette Railroad.

    According to the Livingston Republican, September 1865, the subscription books to raise $400,000 in capital stock were opened for the Detroit and Howell Railroad Company on September 7, 1865.

    The date appears to be 1869.
  • Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and Ann Arbor Railroad Wreck

    Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad and Ann Arbor Railroad Wreck

    unknown location, unknown date
  • Windstorm Damages at Howell Airport, Howell, Michigan - April 27, 1943

    Windstorm Damages at Howell Airport, Howell, Michigan - April 27, 1943.

    Read about windstorm in the April 28, 1943 Livingston County Press.

    Was where Northwest Elementary and the Methodist Church are currently.
  • Photo with Bob Lyjak in front of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Photo with Bob Lyjak in front of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    Left to Right: Bob Lyjak, unknown

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • Group Photo with Bob Lyjak in front  of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Group Photo with Bob Lyjak in front of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    Left to Right: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Bob Lyjak, unknown

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • Bob Lyjak in Cockpit of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978

    Bob Lyjak in Cockpit of his 1929 Waco Taperwing at Livingston County Airport in Howell, Michigan - July 1, 1978.

    Bob Lyjak, an expert aerobatic flyer who performed in connection with the Pageant of Drums over Thompson Lake in Howell, Michigan on July 1, 1978.

    View July 6, 1978 edition of the Livingston County Press.
  • Silver Spurs Square Dance Club, Waldenwoods, Hartland, Michigan

    This series of photographs are of the Silver Spurs Square Dance, holding an event at the Waldenwoods Resort Conference Center. 

    The label on the photograph says, "1960’s".  The source article describes an event in 1975.

    The exact date  and the names of the persons in the photographs are unknown.
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