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    • Leon Chichester
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    • George Danser
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    • Alice C. Erwin
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    • John L. Ferris
    • Frank Fochtman
    • Ellen Gillespie
    • Irene Gordon
    • Dr. Charles Gray
    • Christopher F. Hankey
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    • Amelia Kaden
    • John Keep
    • Maggie Kellogg, M.D.
    • Harriet Kilborn
    • Elizabeth Stokes Krauser
    • Gwen Malloy
    • George W. McCabe
    • William G. McCune
    • William L. McManus, Jr.
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    • Ignatius Petoskey
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    • Dr. John Reycraft
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After many years, we have retired Taste of the North.

Historic
​Festival

The Historic Festival began in 1980 as a five-day extravaganza involving several area organizations. Joe McCarthy was the first festival director. The Michigan Travel Bureau provided a $10,000 grant to get the festival running. Local Jaycees held fundraisers for the festival. Many events were historical in nature, but others were not. In 1990, the festival was called Festival of Classics. It lasted nine days and took place in Boyne City, Charlevoix, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs.
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Scroll through these images of past Historic Festivals

Festival Events


Some of the events at the Historic Festival over the years have included a hot-air balloon display, an antique quilt show, foot races and relays, a giant tug-of-war across the bay, and parades.
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  • Home
  • Calendar of Events
    • Bike Fest
    • Corn Roast
    • Picnic on the Porch
  • Virtual Visit
    • 1903 Map Project
    • Woods and Water Vacation 1908 Scrapbook
    • Milkweed
    • A Century of Fashion
    • Woman Suffrage in Petoskey
    • Women's Federated Clubs
    • Women's Club
    • Art Study Club
    • Curtis Park Club
    • Assembly Study Club
    • School History
    • The de Jaffa Collection
    • Videos
  • Collections
  • 50 Years/50 Stories
    • 106 East Mitchell Street
    • Bay View Inn
    • Bear River Valley Heritage Center
    • Birkett House
    • Breakwall
    • The Brewery
    • Bruce Catton Plaque
    • Burns Clinic
    • Camp Daggett
    • Carnegie Library
    • Central School
    • Chicago and West Michigan Depot
    • City Park Grill
    • The Clock Tower
    • Crooked Tree Arts Center
    • Curtis Park
    • Emmet County Fairgrounds
    • Farragut's Cannon
    • Gaslight District
    • Grand Rapids and Indiana Depot
    • Greenwood Cemetery
    • Greenwood Cemetery Vault
    • Historic District Designation
    • Hollywood Theater Sign
    • Hospitals
    • Ice House
    • Ingalls Grocery
    • J.B. John Lifeboat
    • JC Penney Sign
    • Lockwood Park
    • Mackinac Trail Marker
    • Magnus Park
    • Masonic Temple
    • Meyer Hardware
    • Milkweed Project
    • Mineral Well Park
    • Mitchell Street Bridge
    • Normal College
    • Old Town Emmet
    • Parr Memorial Baptist Church
    • Perry Hotel
    • Petoskey Brewery
    • Petoskey Hospital
    • Railroad Tracks in Pennsylvania Park
    • Reid Furniture
    • Reusch Jewelers
    • Sheridan School Arch
    • Seibert Family Homestead
    • St Francis Solanus Mission Church
    • St. Francis Xavier Church
    • St. Francis Xavier School
    • Temple B'nai Israel
    • West Side Rink
    • Winter Sports Park
    • Zipp Building
    • Zoo
  • People
    • Charles Beahan
    • Barbara Kellogg Blackmore
    • Joseph C. Bontecou
    • Dorinda Bowman
    • James Buckley
    • Clay Call
    • Alma Audrey Cessar
    • Jeanne Caskey Chichester
    • Leon Chichester
    • George W. Childs
    • C. Edson Churchill
    • Margaret Hankey Curtis
    • Edna Danser
    • George Danser
    • Lou S. Darling
    • Alice C. Erwin
    • Ethel Rowan Fasquelle
    • John L. Ferris
    • Frank Fochtman
    • Ellen Gillespie
    • Irene Gordon
    • Dr. Charles Gray
    • Christopher F. Hankey
    • Hazen Ingalls
    • Amelia Kaden
    • John Keep
    • Maggie Kellogg, M.D.
    • Harriet Kilborn
    • Elizabeth Stokes Krauser
    • Gwen Malloy
    • George W. McCabe
    • William G. McCune
    • William L. McManus, Jr.
    • Frances Pailthorp
    • Ella Petoskey
    • Ignatius Petoskey
    • Jean Liberty Pickett
    • Reverend John Redpath
    • Dr. George Reycraft
    • Dr. John Reycraft
    • Hiram O. Rose
    • Leila Rowan
    • Flavel Smith
    • Isaac Toll
    • John E. Walrond
    • Albert T. Washburne Sr.
    • Albert T. Washburne Jr
    • John W. Weaver
    • Elizabeth Whitney Williams
    • Dr. William Williams
    • Clara Wingate
  • Walking Tours
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  • Elfrida de Jaffa Travelogues