Thank you for visiting our
website. Please explore our web pages to learn more about the Society, the exciting
projects that are underway, our programs / events, and the historical information
available in Arenac County.
Arenac County is situated along the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in the Great Lakes. It
is rich in Indian history because of its abundance of hard chert and flint for arrowheads.
It is rich in logging history as a part of the logging industry developed around
Michigan's white pine and hardwoods as well as being a conduit to the lake for shipping
the lumber produced here. The County also was the location of a 19th century summer resort
hotel to which customers arrived by ship. Its history was gradually reshaped due to the
disastrous wildfires that eventually destroyed the logging business in the area.
Programs:
Scheduled
Programs at the Museum in Au Gres
Please join us for our 2010 programs:
Programs are held the last Thursday evening of each month from May to September at 7:30 pm at the museum, 304 East Michigan
Avenue in Au Gres. All are open to the general public. Please join us!
No Admission Charge
(Donations are encouraged to support museum programming)
Ye' Olde
Courthouse Events in Omer
Please join us for our 2010
events:
Mark your calendars now for our Annual Sucker Weekend
Event - April 3 and 4, 2010.
News and Announcements:
"Miss Ruth"
Several weeks ago, we posted a picture of "Miss Ruth" and asked you to
respond if you had additional information about her. Many of you did! Click here to see the photo, and to read what we learned from
you!
"Million Pennies
Drive" - Update
Our
goal is to collect one million pennies.
That will give us $10,000 to pay on the mortgage for our building.
Ma's Girl's Restaurant in Omer has a big Piggy Bank where you can drop them off.
Please save your pennies for us.
As of January 1st, we have now deposited 553,157 pennies ($5,531.57). We have
several canisters in businesses around the county that are filling up also! Thanks
to everyone that is helping with our MILLION PENNIES DRIVE.
We have reached the halfway point!
Museum Hours:
Winter Hours: The museum in Au Gres is open by
appointment. Call the museum at 989-876-6399 and leave a message.
We will return your call - or call Annabell 989-876-7029, or Joann 989-876-6468.
Summer Hours (May 23 through September 6): The museum in Au Gres
is open Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 pm Memorial Day though Labor Day.
Our History:
Each week, the Arenac County Historical Society presents here:
Arenac County Memories - early photos and historical
moments
from the museum collection. Check back often.
Our
goal is to collect one million pennies. 
