A fun history site about Flint and Michigan!
Read my latest articles in Your Magazine and occasional articles in The Flint Journal.
Previous Columns:
How a Flint Holiday Inn Became a Part of one of Rock&Roll's Greatest Legends--January 5, 2004
Goodbye, Torch and Oval!--January 20, 2004
Hamady Sacks and Yankee Hats--February 20, 2004
Traveling Michigan and Gassing Up Before Self-Serve--March 20, 2004
Drive-In Movies in the Winter Wonderland--April 18, 2004
A Tasty Part of Flint History--May 21, 2004
Drive-Ins Get the Wide Screen Mama Blues--July 15, 2004
A Tribute to Disappearing Clark Gas Stations--September 12, 2004
A Downtown Flint Jewel Gets a Little Polishing--October 12, 2004
In Memory of Terry Knight--November 16, 2004
Driving Underneath the Arches--December 21, 2004
A Very Useful Landmark--February 10, 2005
It Seemed Like a Good Idea in the Late 1970s--March 7, 2005
My Favourite Way to Leave Michigan--April 3, 2005
The First International Tunnel (and its replacement)--May 2, 2005
A Century of Whistle Stops in Durand--May 31, 2005
Death of a Theater Chain--July 5, 2005
The AMC/Loews Cineplex Merger--August 1, 2005
From Drive-ins to the King of All Media--September 1, 2005
Returning to the Capitol Theatre--November 7, 2005
Come and Get These Memories--December 5, 2005
The Center of Michigan's Movie Business is--Grand Rapids?--January 5, 2006
Star Theatres Are Now AMC Theatres!--February 10, 2006
Mortal Screen Towers--April 24, 2006
Bringing Big Town Movies to Small Town Michigan--July 12, 2006
Labor Day and the "Other" Bridge Walk in Frankenmuth--September 11, 2006
Weird Michigan--November 12, 2006
Flint's Most Famous Pack Rat Owns the Dort Mall--January 19, 2007
A Tribute to the Lebowsky Center--March 18, 2007
When Hollywood Came to Flint--May 18, 2007
A Tale of Two Failed Tourist Attractions--July 19, 2007
The 40th Anniversary of Keith Moon's Infamous Birthday Party--December 23, 2007
The vintage columns will be enhanced with my photos when I get around to it.
My other web site is the Electric Shaver Page at http://iavbbs.com/gflinn/