 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.
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Programs at the Museum in Au
Gres
Please join us for our 2012
programs.
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Programs are held monthly from June
to September at the museum,
304 East Michigan Avenue in Au Gres.
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All are open to the general public. Please
join us!
No Admission Charge
(Donations are encouraged to support museum programming) |
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Events at the Museum in Au Gres
Please join us for these 2011
events:
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The ACHS Museum will be open
Dec 3rd-4th for our
Christmas
Open House & Bake Sale
Saturday, December 3rd, 10 am
to 4 pm
Sunday, December 4th, 1 pm to 4 pm |
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Events at the Ye' Olde
Courthouse in Omer
Please join us for these 2011
events:
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Saturday & Sunday -
December 3rd and 4th, 9 am to 5 pm
Candy
Sale and Christmas Junque Sale
You choose the item, you choose
the price. The drawing for our $500.00 cash & gas card raffle will be at 3:00 pm at
the Courthouse.
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Our
latest book:
SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF
ARENAC COUNTY THAT
SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. (WWI).
($28.00) There are about 300 names in the book, a page for each
man showing his personal record and his war record.
A great Christmas gift. Books will be available for sale at our Dec 3-4th
weekend events.
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New
Book - County Normal School, Standish
The ACHS is gathering pictures and other information about the County
Normal School that was in Standish from 1905 - 1957. This will all be put in our next book
that we are now working on. If anyone has any of the graduating class pictures, or other
information, please contact us. Thanks.
"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.
As of January 1st, we have $8,700.00 in our "Million Penny Account". This
means we now need only 130,000 more pennies. We still have some canisters around the
county, and you can also give your pennies to any ACHS member. And a big Thanks to all who
have helped us get this far with our Million penny project.
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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 Sandy 989-876-7834, or Joann 989-876-6468.
Summer Hours (late May to September): The
museum in Au Gres is open Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 pm Memorial Day weekend though Labor
Day.
Each week, the Arenac County Historical Society presents here:
Arenac County Memories - early photos and historical
moments
from the museum collection. Check back often.
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