Self-guided tour booklets are available at the office for our 2023 history tour One may think researching the deaths of 76 people who once lived in your town would be melancholy. And at times, it was. However, what drove me past that feeling was the idea that these people deserve to be remembered. Petoskey Stones Speak has covered the big names of our town. They’ve talked about war heroes and bankers and businessmen, the doctors and real estate tycoons. These people deserve t

Before I was hired to work here at Greenwood Cemetery, I would walk the grounds. No matter the season, there is just something so peaceful and serene in the air here. As is often the case when one's soul is quiet and reflecting, the harrowing details of life settle, and the important ones rise. This happened one day as I was walking and reading names on monuments. I came across one that had the names of four children — all died on the same day: Nov. 14, 1970. I was born and r

As a teenager in 1941, Virginia Wilbur recalls changes brought on by the second world war Life as a teenager in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, in the early 1940s was anything but usual. Virginia “Ginny” (Splan) Wilbur, 95, grew up near the Sault Locks with her family. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, the locks became an important navigational and strategic military location. Residents of “The Sault” saw many changes to their community after the United States enter