The Five Lives of the Main Street Bridge, Part Three of Five
Bridge #3 – The 1886 Iron Bridge On April 8, 1886, the Village Council inspected the Exchange Place bridge with a view to rebuilding or repairing it. Blosser again noted that an iron bridge would be just the thing. A special election for July 27, 1886 was called for. Highway Commissioner Case presented arguments for […]
The Five Lives of the Main Street Bridge, Part Two of Five
Editors Note: This is part 2 of a 5 part piece on the history of Manchester’s Main Street bridge, by our local history writer, Ray Berg. If you missed part 1 last week, you can read it HERE. Bridge #2 – The 1876 Rebuilt Wood Bridge with New Planking The Village Council began serious bridge repair […]
Christmas in Michigan 171 Years Ago
In 1842, Michigan had only been a state for 5 years. The state had been brought into the union by Stevens T. Mason, our first governor, who was at the time of statehood only 26 years old (he had assumed the office of Territorial Secretary at the age of 19). In his short term in […]
The Five Lives of the Main Street Bridge, Part One of Five
Editors Note: The Manchester Mirror is excited to announce that Ray Berg has agreed to join us as our local history writer! Mr. Berg’s precisely researched and eminently readable historical articles will, we hope, be a regular feature of the mirror. Because of their length and detail, we have decided to serialize them. This first […]
