Sanilac Guide 2017
2017 Official Visitor Guide for the Sanilac County Area | sanilaccounty.org
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AREA COMMUNITIES www.sanilaccounty.org<br />
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Seasons in <strong>Sanilac</strong> County, Photos courtesy (left to right): Croswell Greenhouse, Susan Morse, (last 2) Tracie Ritchie<br />
Brown City M<br />
Founded in 1881, the city of Brown City is a full service community.<br />
The city is an agricultural support hub and small manufacturing<br />
center located in a primarily residential community with some<br />
outstanding restaurants.<br />
We host the annual Thumb Soybean Festival the second weekend in<br />
June. Event highlights include a carnival, classic car show, music<br />
and fireworks.<br />
Enjoy our beautiful 76+ acre community park, filled with ball<br />
diamonds, picnic facilities, playgrounds and soccer fields. To see us,<br />
take M-90 which travels through the city. The road through town is<br />
also known as Main Street. See ad page 12.<br />
Brown City Community: ci.brown-city.mi.us<br />
Carsonville<br />
“Where family and friends matter”... The charm of a small town,<br />
and the atmosphere of family & friends. Carsonville was founded in<br />
1853 by Silas Hall and was known as Hall’s corners until 1884 when<br />
businessman Arthur Carson renamed the settlement. Local events<br />
include TTPA tractor pull, Antique tractor pull & MMA cage fighting<br />
event, New Years Fireworks and more!<br />
Located on M-46 between Sandusky and Port <strong>Sanilac</strong>. Stop by for a<br />
visit and make yourself at home!<br />
Carsonville Community & Events: villageofcarsonville.org<br />
Croswell M<br />
Croswell is an excellent example of Thumb Area living: friendly<br />
people of the present who take great pride in their past.<br />
Croswell is home to a locally famous swinging footbridge built in 1905<br />
over the Black River, which bisects the city on its way to Port Huron<br />
and the Great Lake. A folksy sign at the east end of the suspension<br />
bridge advises pedestrians to “Be Good To Your Mother-in-Law.” A<br />
splash pad is also at the same park to cool you down on the hot<br />
summer days.<br />
The city itself is dotted with pre-Civil War homes and buildings.<br />
Lumbering dominated Croswell until the Great Thumb Fire of<br />
1881. Since then, agriculture has been the dominant economic<br />
activity, especially sugar beets, symbolized by the city’s iconic<br />
Pioneer Sugar plant.<br />
The annual Croswell Fair is in July this year and features livestock<br />
exhibits and a midway full of rides. The Sweet Days of Summer<br />
Festival in August celebrates the upcoming harvest with a Cardboard<br />
Boat Races on the Black River. See ad on page 6 - 7.<br />
Croswell Community & Events: cityofcroswell.com<br />
Deckerville M<br />
Deckerville takes its name from Charles Decker, who launched a<br />
lumber business here in 1870. Decker’s son, Martin, became the<br />
settlement’s first postmaster that same year. Deckerville incorporated<br />
as a village in 1893 and to this day is home to a number of Charles’<br />
descendents.<br />
Just off the beaten path, 10 minutes from M-25, escape your everyday<br />
life by finding the small community of Deckerville. Come visit our<br />
small, friendly village and explore our shops, enjoy our parks, visit our<br />
museum & library and attend our festivals. We’re sure you’ll love it<br />
as much as we do! Don’t forget about our Santa’s Reindeer Event<br />
in December and take time to roll a few balls at the local bowling<br />
alley. Good things are happening in Deckerville; come join us and<br />
see! Like us on Facebook to keep up on events!<br />
Deckerville Community: deckerville.us<br />
Deckerville Events: facebook.com/pages/Deckerville-<br />
DCDC/220847124602405?fref=nf<br />
Lexington M<br />
When Lexington was founded in 1835, it became the first outpost<br />
north of Port Huron. Eleven years later, Reuben Diamond named the<br />
village after the Battle of Lexington, in which his wife’s cousin, Ethan<br />
Allen, fought during the Revolutionary War.<br />
The Cadillac Hotel has stood at the heart of village life since its days<br />
as a log hotel from 1840 to 1860, when it was rebuilt following a<br />
fire. Steamships and freighters made regular stops at the port of<br />
Lexington for lumber and agricultural products until the Great Storm of<br />
1913 destroyed the village’s long dock into Lake Huron.<br />
Lexington is now noted for its many Victorian homes, historic<br />
buildings filled with shops, restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts.<br />
With its handful of pretty parks and its quaint downtown, the village<br />
is the summertime host of the Music in the Park Series, ThumbFest,<br />
the Lexington Art Fair and the annual Bach Festival. Protected by<br />
a limestone seawall, Lexington’s picturesque marina doubles as an<br />
official State of Michigan Harbor of Refuge. Its beach offers visitors a<br />
chance to kick back and enjoy the summer. Nearby golf courses, a bike<br />
trail to Croswell, seasonal hunting spots, abundant fishing and<br />
a thriving cottage culture make Lexington a vacation mini-mecca.<br />
See ad on page 7.<br />
Lexington Community & Events: lexingtonmichigan.org<br />
Photo courtesy Birchfield Photographic Studio,