Category: Port Hope
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Port Hope, Michigan – The Old Mill
A Piece of History Now Lost The original portion of this mill, a small grist mill, was constructed in the 1870s or slightly before. References:
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Port Hope Telephone Company – 1961
Scans of the last directory from an important part of history. The directory is from July, 1961, and is the last directory published before being sold to the Independent Telephone Corporation of Michigan.
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Earl Pochert’s Last Letters Before His Death at the Battle of the Bulge
During a very complicated battle near the end of World War II, American forces advanced toward Germany in a very intense war called the Battle of the Bulge. The lives lost were many and included my uncle, Earl Pochert. In a letter written to his brother and sister-in-law (my parents), Earl wrote about the “hell”…
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John H. Kriewall Obituary
In Memory of a Pillar of the Community John H. Kriewall, 92 If anyone can be said to be “of” a community, John Kriewall was of Port Hope. He spent his life dedicated to his wife, his family, his customers and the people of his community. They kept him busy. John Henry Kriewall, 92, of…