UPS Marks Century Milestone This Summer
Island Deliveries Still Resemble Those of 100 Years Ago
By Karen Gould
      United Parcel Service delivery on Mackinac Island is a reflection of the company's early operations, which began 100 years ago in Seattle, Washington, August 28, 1907. Back then, the company was called American Messenger Company, and it delivered messages by bicycle and horsedrawn carriages. Today...
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Commission Drafts Land Lease for Community Stable
By Karen Gould
      A community stable to accommodate up to 20 horses is being planned for approximately three acres of Mackinac Island State Park land. The Mackinac Horsemen's Association will build the public facility if it can work out a lease with the Mackinac Island State Park Commission.
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Blacksmiths Forge Fence for Memorial
By Eric Fish
      The sound of hammers clinking on iron and cheerful conversation echoed down Market Street Saturday, August 4, as 25 blacksmiths gathered at the Benjamin Blacksmith Shop for the 23rd annual Mackinac Island Blacksmith Convention.
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