Told in his own wry, dry, tongue-in-cheek subtle humorous style, Ben Weber, takes the reader on a delightful journey through his family tree from ancient Germany, through 19th century travel to the United States and thus to Ohio and Michigan, all by water, to his grandfather's settling in Nottawa Township, Isabella County, Michigan. Meet the Webers and their Beal City neighbors. In a previously unpublished memoir, edited and augmented by Jack R. Westbrook, Ben J. Weber (above in 1975) relates the story of his personal quest for his family history.

GET YOUR MICHIGAN OUTSIDE ON Come inside for a whole new look at places to play in Michigan's great outdoors. A Billion Bucks worth of public playlands await your pleasure. From the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to a harbor park in downtown Detroit, over 2,200 public recreation facilities from rail trails to parks to fishing piers statewide have benefitted from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, born of a unique alliance of government, environmental groups and the Michigan oil and gas industry in the mid-1970s and serving today as a solution to a seeming impasse. In 1976, Michigan...