[History Hounds] Michigan Avenue: A Journey Along the “Old Chicago Road” with Gail Offan & Jon Milan, authors and public speakers

With origins dating to the end of the last Ice Age, the road known today as Michigan Avenue was most familiar to early settlers as the Old Sauk Trail. Join the speakers on a pictorial road trip along the section called the “Old Chicago Road”—the only automobile route between Detroit and Chicago prior to the construction of I-94. Along the way, explore Michigan’s territorial history, Detroit’s Coney Island hot dog wars, the amusements of the Irish Hills, and more!

We'd like to thank the Historical Society of Michigan (HSM), which supports local history organizations, like us! They are continuing to make their History Hounds Lecture Series available online for free to members of HSM’s member organizations. Register for this remote presentation by 3:00pm the previous day. Click here to register. Select “A member of an Organizational Member of HSM” to enjoy this presentation at no charge.