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Installations

There are many military installations such as forts, bases, missile parks, shipbuilders and dockyards throughout the great lakes.  Here is what we are writing about lately.

  • Dunlap’s StationJustin King
    Overview Dunlap’s Station, also known as Fort Colerain, was an installation on the east bank of the Miami River which was established in early 1790. It is northwest of present day ...
  • Willow Run – B24 LiberatorRonald Liu
    One bomber an hour at Willow Run bomber plant was the production speed of Willow Run bomber plant. Before Willow Run was converted to the airport we know today, during ...
  • Fort Mackinac and The War of 1812Anthony Amato
    Fort Mackinac is a important fort that controlled the Straits of Mackinac, an important area that controlled access to Lake Michigan from Lake Huron. Travelling by boat was much faster than travelling across land ...
  • Camp GraylingJohn Clevenger
    Camp Grayling is the largest military installation east of the Mississippi River, the largest National Guard training facility in the USA and the main Michigan National Guard facility. It was ...
  • The Dow Chemical Company – Midland, MIDylan Lettinga
    Placed alongside the Tittabawassee River, the Dow chemical plant stands defiant at the heart of Midland, Michigan. Today the chemical company is known for supplying many major companies with general ...
  • Fort Custer and Prisoners of WarDevin Keefer
    Fort Custer was a military installation that was built in 1917 between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo in Augusta, Michigan.  It was created as a training installation for troops during WWI ...
  • ELF Station Republic, MIBradley Villeneuve
    The ELF transmitter site in Republic, MI was a cold-war era installation designed for ultra-covert submarine communications at speed and depth. Any short coded message could be transmitted one-way to ...
  • Fort Wilkins 1844-1870Jake RaymondFort Wilkins 1844-1870
      Fort Wilkins is the northern most outpost for the nation’s perimeter defense, and was established in the year 1844 at Copper Harbor in the Keweenaw County in the state of ...
  • K.I. Sawyer AFB: 473d Fighter GroupSean Hayes
    The 473d Fighter Group, which called K.I. Sawyer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula home from early 1956 until late 1959, has been active during the World War II and was even ...
  • Fisher Body Tank PlantJeremy Whitman
    In Grand Blanc Michigan the Former Fisher Body Tank Plant sits abandoned after operating as a major American tank plant from 1942-1945. Built From the ground up to accommodate the ...