Munising’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Munising. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area encompassing Munising has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Ojibwe and Noquet, who used the low lying grasslands opposite Grand Island to harvest blueberries and other crops. The name for the city comes from the Ojibwe word minisiing, meaning "at the island". A post office was established as the Munising post office on December 22, 1868. It was renamed as Gogarnville on October 23, 1889, when Julius Gogarn was appointed as postmaster. The office was moved to his farm. He was a German-born American Civil War veteran and first Supervisor of Munising Township. That post office continued until July 15, 1893.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Munising’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Munising’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewInterior Sacred Heart Church, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Munising, decade by decade
1980s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Interior Sacred Heart Church (1911) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.