Saturday, May 10, 2025

Lansing, Michigan with Family

 We met John and Family at 10:00 a.m. at the Oldsmobile Museum.  It was a beautiful day but we spent most of it inside museums.  That was ok.

Lansing is the Capitol.  It is a beautiful building.

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Interesting information on Ransom Eli Olds.


This is a replica of the house in which Mr. Olds and  Family lived.  It was torn down to build an interstate.  Some of the furniture was saved and is on display in the museum.

Mr. Olds founded several companies.  One of them was REO.

John, Linda, Katie, and Aidan in a 1959 Oldsmobile.

This is a REO built semi truck.

A 1932 hearse/ambulance. 

A 1925 dump truck.


Mr. Olds was a man before his time.  This is a 1899 electric car.

Carol, Aidan and the semi truck.

A very early version of an air conditioner for a car.

This is a 1959 Oldsmobile convertible.  I wanted this picture because it reminds me of the car Carol drove when we dated.  Two things different...his was a Pontiac (but looked like this) and a sedan.



1925 dump truck.

Katie and I cruising in the 1954 Oldsmobile Supper 88 Convertible.

This was hanging on the wall and I liked it.

This picture should be at the end because it shows the crew enjoying a rest after visiting the Michigan History Museum.  There are lots of tired feet in this picture.

Michigan History Museum

Michigan played a big part in the WW II  war effort by retooling the automobile plants into producing military equipment.


The winter of 1978-78 Michigan received a record 390.4 inches of snow!

There are some sign named after people you would not think to name a street after like Cesar Chavez.   

John says that these three smoke towers are used on official letterheads/signs/etc. as a symbol of Lansing.  He said they are laughingly named Winken, Blinken, and Nod.

Lansing has lots of murals painted on building.  This one points to the "Old Town" and "REO" districts in town.  We drove through both districts.  Lansing is focused on revitalizing the areas with quaint shops and restaurants. There were lots of people walking around in both areas so I think the city is being successful.
 
This street is named after Malcom X.  Again, I think this is unusual because as far as I could research, he has no tie to Lansing.

This is where we ate a late lunch/early supper.  It was very good.  I don't think Carol and I will eat anything more today.





The city has town down buildings and replaced them with apartment buildings like these in an effort to revitalize the downtown area.

It was a very nice day.  We learned a lot of history about Michigan.  We like Lansing.  It seems to be a city intent on becoming better in all ways.  


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