August 9, Harbor Springs to Petoskey

Harbor Springs proved to be a quiet anchorage.  We traveled 3 miles to  Petoskey where we plan to stay the weekend and rent a car.
We docked at Petoskey Municipal Marina and as far as I am concerned these Michigan marinas get a 5 star rating from me!
Petoskey, known to early navigators and traders as Bear river, began as a settlement of Native Americans who had long used the area as a summer settlement or fishing, hunting, collecting berries and growing crops.  In the early 1850's, a mission school for children was established, but the village remained small until the arrival of the railroad in 1873.  In that year the name of the village was changed to Petoskey, in honor of chief Ignatius Petosegay, who owned much of the land east of the Bear River.

When the old courthouse was demolished in the 1960s, it's clock and bell were preserved and now mounted atop the new clock tower at the end of the Petoskey Midway park.

Sunset in Petoskey

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