Sturgis airborne history makers that nearly landed in the Great Lakes
Sturgis Journal Sturgis might be considered a quiet, small Michigan city, but throughout history, residents have made a splash in the news. A few nearly splashed into one of The Great Lakes, according to Wayne Lusardi, maritime archaeologist at Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Earlier this year, Allen Kasdorf of Sturgis saw a tribute to Tuskegee Airmen presented and created by Lusardi and DNR. In it, Lusardi mentioned the Hapner brothers of Sturgis, balloonists who crashed a hot- air balloon into Lake Huron in 1892. That piqued Kasdorf’s interest, so he sent the link to the Sturg...
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