BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20261211T000000Z DTEND:20261211T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Tourism and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad DESCRIPTION:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, Michigan's railroads played a major role in promoting tourism\, particularly the five lines that ran north through the Lower Peninsula. Among them was the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad (GR&I)\, which carried passengers from Grand Rapids and other Midwestern cities to the growing resort communities of northwest Michigan.\n\nKnown as "The Fishing Line\," the GR&I promoted tourist travel through colorful brochures and booklets advertising fishing\, hunting\, canoeing\, golf\, theater\, church camps\, boat excursions\, and accommodations ranging from small lodges to grand resorts. To serve the popular resort communities of Petoskey\, Bay View\, and Harbor Springs\, the railroad also operated suburban "dummy" trains\, offering what may have been some of the most remarkable steam-powered passenger service in Michigan's history.\n\nJoin historian Mark Worrall for a trip aboard "The Fishing Line" and discover how railroads helped shape tourism in northern Michigan during the golden age of rail travel! \n\nThis virtual History Talk takes place via Zoom at 7 pm and is hosted by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. Registration is required. Use the link to register or call 231-526-9771. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, Michigan&rsquo\;s railroads played a major role in promoting tourism\, particularly the five lines that ran north through the Lower Peninsula. Among them was the Grand Rapids &\; Indiana Railroad (GR&\;I)\, which carried passengers from Grand Rapids and other Midwestern cities to the growing resort communities of northwest Michigan.

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Known as &ldquo\;The Fishing Line\,&rdquo\; the GR&\;I promoted tourist travel through colorful brochures and booklets advertising fishing\, hunting\, canoeing\, golf\, theater\, church camps\, boat excursions\, and accommodations ranging from small lodges to grand resorts. To serve the popular resort communities of Petoskey\, Bay View\, and Harbor Springs\, the railroad also operated suburban &ldquo\;dummy&rdquo\; trains\, offering what may have been some of the most remarkable steam-powered passenger service in Michigan'\;s history.

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Join historian Mark Worrall for a trip aboard &ldquo\;The Fishing Line&rdquo\; and discover how railroads helped shape tourism in northern Michigan during the golden age of rail travel! \;

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This virtual History Talk takes place via Zoom at 7 pm and is hosted by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. Registration is required. Use the link to register or call 231-526-9771.

\n LOCATION:Online via Zoom UID:e.1318.43781 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20261109T171611Z URL:https://www.petoskeychamber.com/events/details/tourism-and-the-grand-rapids-indiana-railroad-43781 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR