Everyone on both sides of the US-Canadian border, if they live this close, has done some cross-border shopping. Canadians came to the States for products not sold in Canada, and to shop on Sunday. Americans went to Canada to take advantage of the exchange rate. A US dollar was always worth around 1.40 Canadian. When ...
The�border crossing between Port Huron and Sarnia, Ontario, has always been an important spot on a key trade route. Indians from the Chippewa, Ojibway, Huron, and Ottawa tribes, whose nations included land on both sides of the St. Clair River, braved its tricky currents, crossing in canoes with cargoes of tobacco, corn, and furs. British ...
In the 1998 movie whose title includes his surname, old stoner Jeff Lebowski reveals that he was there at the beginning of what would become American Sixties counterculture. “I was one of the authors of the Port Huron Statement,” he says. “The original Port Huron Statement, not the compromised second draft.” That places him, in ...
Residents in the Motor City love their cars, but with the high cost of gasoline, now might be a great time to plan a trip by train rather than automobile. Amtrak offers a number of daily trips between the Detroit area and Chicago, none of which will break the bank. Depending on when you buy ...
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11th, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, to Sam Edison, Jr. and Nancy Elliot Edison. Called “Al” when he was younger, he was the youngest of seven children, of which only four lived to adulthood. In 1854, Sam Edison and his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where he began ...
Drug addiction amongst adults in American is wreaking America’s future. Causing adults to: become a burden on social welfare programs, neglectful of their children, and unproductive, creating turmoil in nearly all neighborhoods across America in one form or another. Drug use among adults not only causes a strain on society financially, but also brings violence ...
As a young child, Thomas Alva Edison was considered by teachers as “not teachable” and “a confused student”. Unwilling to believe this, his mother pulled him out of formal school after only 3 months to teach him herself. Being home schooled allowed young Thomas more time to do what he loved, conduct experiments in his ...
I grew up with radio. When I was a teenaged kid with a twelve-transistor Panasonic, my favorite stations had youthful deejays, energetic sound, were all local – no satellites back then – and played the latest Motown and British Invasion hits with a few oldies. Not that many songs had been around long enough to ...
Nowadays it’s becoming hard for crafters, like myself, to find supplies. It seems either local craft stores are closing down or charging exorbitant prices for yarn, needles and beads. If that’s the case in your situation, then let Mary Maxim come to your rescue. This great site has a variety of what knitters and crocheters ...