Standish to mark 100-year anniversary with day-long celebration this Saturday

From the Bay City Times comes this story of the anniversary of the city of Standish to be celebrated this Saturday:

If not for John D. Standish's insistence, the Arenac County city would still be called Granton - as the town was first named in the 1800s. Standish incorporated as a city in 1904. The move came more than a decade after John D. Standish, a local lumber mill owner who once owned the land that is Standish today, lobbied the Michigan legislature to change Granton's name to reflect Standish's role in the city.

"One of Standish's original advertising gimmicks was 'the place where the summer trail divides,"' recalls Standish history buff Albert Fales. "One route runs northwest, toward the central part of the state. The other runs northeast, right up the shoreline to Mackinaw City."

Old-time family events, coupled with displays of Standish history and progress, run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.