The Benzie Area Historical Society offers books, maps, images and other items relating to the history of Benzie County and Northwest Lower Michigan. Most of these items can be purchased at our museum, or via credit card using our Online Store below. Feel free to contact the Museum with any questions or for additional assistance with an order. Thank you!
“WWII on the Home front” Presented by: Mike Nagle Click Below for the Video Replay: BAHS YouTube Channel – “WWII on the Home Front” The United States entered World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The nation’s military mobilized and fought a war in Europe and the Pacific. But how […]
“The Paradoxes of an Anishinabe Anthropologist” Presented by: Katrina Furman, MPA Watch the replay on YouTube (Click Below): https://youtu.be/XImFK4gR0Bg The Paradox of an Anishinabe Anthropologist explores personal experiences and cultural conundrums of indigenous anthropologist Katrina Furman. Deep-rooted cultural beliefs regarding death, as well as the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, often conflict with […]
2024 Benzie Area Historical Society Annual Meeting Thursday, September 19th, 6 pm Mills Community House Get updated on how 2024 has been going, and learn what we have in store for 2025! There will be a Social Hour from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with coffee, tea, and desserts. The meeting will begin at 7 […]
Benzonia Academy Lecture Series: “Frankfort Rotary: 100 Years” Presented by: Jay Peregrine & Tim Foster Garden Theater: 301 Main St, Frankfort, Michigan September 12, 2024 – at 6 pm Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84401408999 We hope you enjoy hearing some of the stories we have dug up about the noble deeds of Frankfort Rotarians over the last […]
The Benzie Area Historical Society presents the Elberta Historic Walking Tour. Join Andy Bolander on Tuesday, August 20th, at 7 p.m. for a guided historic walking tour of the Elberta shoreline. Please meet at Elberta’s Waterfront Park. Registration is required, and there is a limit of 30 people. The event is free, but donations are […]
The Benzie Area Historical Society presents the Frankfort Historic Walking Tour of Leelanau Ave. Join Tim Foster on Sunday, September 1st, at 2 p.m. for a guided historic walking tour of Leelanau Ave in Frankfort. Please meet at the corner of 6th Street and Leelanau Ave. Registration is required, and there is a limit of […]
Michigan in Books Review: February 1, 2022, Post #75 Thompsonville in Time: A Northwest Michigan Story 1890 – 2021 by Charles T. Kraus This is a meticulously researched, authoritative history of a small town in Benzie County founded in 1889 at the point where two railroads intersected. In the 1890s its residents, swollen with pride and […]
PURCHASE YOUR COPY THROUGH OUR ONLINE BOOK STORE, AT THE BENZIE AREA HISTORICAL MUSEUM OR YOUR LOCAL BOOK SELLER. https://benziemuseum.org/product/thompsonville-in-time/ The Benzie Area Historical Society launched Thompsonville in Time A Northwest Michigan Story 1890-2021, their newest publication at our annual meeting in September. This book is the story of the travails of a […]
