Fort Mackinac Resources

Fort Mackinac
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*A Boy at Fort Mackinac edited by Phil Porter.
A ten year old boy's journal about living at Fort Mackinac and on Mackinac Island. Primary Resource!

*A Desirable Station - Soldier Life at Fort Mackinac 1867-1895 by Phil Porter.
If you have visited the site and want to know more about the soldiers' lives this is the book to have!

*Dr. William Beaumont: The Mackinac Years by Keith R. Widder.
Dr. William Beaumont became famous for his work about the digestive system. Read about how it all began with the accidental shooting of Alexis St. Martin.

*Fort Mackinac Poster

*Home To Mackinac by Kim Cory.
A chapter book about the a boy's journey to find family on Mackinac Island and Fort Mackinac in the 1880s. Recommended for later elementary and middle school students.

*King's Men at Mackinac: The British Garrisons, 1780-1796 by Brian L. Dunnigan.
Read about the British soldiers who built Fort Mackinac.

*Mackinac: An Island Famous In These Regions by Phil Porter.
Although about the history of Mackinac, has several parts pertaining to Fort Mackinac.

*Mackinac Island's Post Cemetery by Phil Porter.
A vignette about the Fort Mackinac's cemetery.

*Mackinac National Park by Keith R. Widder.
Mackinac National Park (1875-1895) was run by Fort Mackinac and its soldiers.

*Reveille Till Taps by Keith R. Widder.
What did a soldier do all day at Fort Mackinac? This book explains it all.

*The British Army at Mackinac 1812-1815 by Brian L. Dunnigan.
The British Army took over Fort Mackinac in the first land action of the War of 1812 and held it until a treaty in 1815.

*The Chaplain's Lady by Edward Nicholas.
A heart-wrenching story of the life and death of the wife of Fort Mackinac's chaplain.

*The Eagle at Mackinac by Phil Porter.
The establishment of the American presence at Fort Mackinac.

*War 1812 by Brian L. Dunnigan.
Read about the first land action in the War of 1812 - on Mackinac Island.

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