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The ebb and flow of Fishtown – Summer Meyer, Fishtown Preservation Staff
It’s funny how certain places weave in and out of your life—ebb and flow—only to anchor themselves more deeply than we ever expected. My first memories of Fishtown aren’t sharp images so much as feelings. Nostalgia seems to work that way—sometimes the emotions come back stronger than the details. When I was growing up, my […]
Showing someone Fishtown for the first time.
When you show someone Fishtown for the very first time, where do you begin? At the end of October, two local TV reporters came to report on Fishtown. Visit to Fishtown and Leland are almost rite of passage for reporters new to this region, and for both it would be their first visits. By this […]
My First Fishtown Day – Amanda Holmes, FPS Executive Director
I first actually saw Fishtown on a gray winter’s day in 2007. I wanted to walk the snowy docks and take in the Fishtown landscape before a meeting, because that meeting was with the board of the Fishtown Preservation Society, which had just completed the purchase of Fishtown from the Carlson family. It was February […]
Blog Post 3: The Early Bird Catches the Fish
It was a perfect summer afternoon. The hot sun was shining, and the breeze was calm. Everything was lining up for a great fishing trip on the FishBilly Charters out of Fishtown, captained by Bill Stephenson and his wife, Barbie. I was joined by my amazing colleagues from the Fishtown Preservation team, Amanda and Summer. […]
Blog Post 2: Putting the Fish in Fishtown
I’ve been a frequent visitor of Fishtown my whole life, though I never realized how important the fishing industry and aquatic ecosystem is to this place until I became an intern at Fishtown Preservation. While I know that Fishtown’s deepest roots are fishing, today the town has evolved into more than a fishing village. Over […]
Blog Post 1: How I Fit Into Fishtown
Hello Fishtown, my name is Luke Stephenson. I am this Summer’s 2024 intern with Fishtown Preservation Society. I am currently a senior at Trinity Christian College majoring in Business Communications with a minor in Entrepreneurship. My journey towards learning about Fishtown goes back a couple of decades, but it truly began with Leland. The Leland […]
Leland Blue and the Iron Works History – By Gabby Grobbel
Leland became the Lake Michigan port for an iron smelting furnace in 1870. Chosen for its proximity to the iron port of Escanaba and abundance of hardwood, the region altered drastically during the construction of the new furnace. As workers flooded the area, the village of Leland needed to expand in order to accommodate the […]