This page is a look into the life of King James Jesse Strang (1817-1856) shortly before and during his time on Beaver Island, MI in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Strang was a Mormon who declared himself the true…
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Black Hawk was the most noted Indian warrior in Illinois and Iowa during the early 1800’s (Boyce, Rufus). He was born in the Sauk village (near present-day Rick Island, Illinois) in 1767. His was given the birth name Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Black Hawk…
Comments closedJulian Schuster was a Major in the US Army Air Corp from 1939 to 1943. He performed trouble-shooting and diagnostic work on aircraft in the Pacific Theater of War up until his death in a plane crash in 1943. Born…
Comments closedThe Civil War, a bloody conflict that engulfed the entire nation, fought by ordinary men who accomplished the extraordinary. Forever immortalized in monuments, these men came from the same towns as you and me. The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment…
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Oliver Hazard Perry was born August 23, 1785 to Sarah Wallace Alexander and United States Naval Captain Christopher Raymond Perry in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Perry had three sisters and four brothers, one of which, Matthew Calbraith Perry, would also…
Comments closedHenry Ford was a leading industrialist throughout the early 1900s and created the first mass produced automobiles. Ford held many strong convictions on religion, history, politics, war and the issue of the Jews during World War II. These convictions led…
Comments closedIn June 1812, the United States’ feud with Great Britain reached a high point and the two countries plunged into war. Heat from the previous war between the two only made the situation more likely to turn to war in…
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Colonel Delbert L. Waugh was a lieutenant colonel in the army before he retired and worked as a pilot for Angels MedFlight. As a result of his bravery and dedication, Waugh earned a total of 25 decorations and badges, including…
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On December 29, 1940, roughly one year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech vowing to aid the Allies in their fight against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan by providing military supplies while staying out…
Comments closedCarl H. Johnson of the United States Naval Reserve was completing his training to land naval aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier in mid June of 1943. Flying in his F4U-1A Corsair, Johnson attempted and failed to land aboard the USS…
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