History Lovers
Event Details
Besser Museum will host a special “History Lovers” presentation with guest speaker, Tim Kent, on February 14, 2025, at 7pm. Insights into 12,000 years of history in Northeast Michigan: Covering the
Event Details
Besser Museum will host a special “History Lovers” presentation with guest speaker, Tim Kent, on February 14, 2025, at 7pm.
Insights into 12,000 years of history in Northeast Michigan: Covering the Prehistoric and Historic Periods.
Local historian and avocational archaeologist, Tim Kent will discuss how he assembled his extensive prehistoric and historic period collection, over the span of 53 years. He will also explain how he combined them with the Haltiner prehistoric collection of the Besser Museum to create many of the new displays in the Discover Northeast Michigan History Exhibit.
Tim’s terrestrial discoveries at Site A-27 and the Twin Site in Ossineke, MI substantiated the underwater discoveries that have been made by John O’Shea and his University of Michigan team of archaeologists on the Alpena-Amberly Ridge. Many of Tim’s finds, donated to the Besser Museum, give proof that Native people lived in this area for more than 12,000 years.
Tim twice received the State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan. He has authored numerous books about various aspects of the fur trade era, and each of them are considered the encyclopedia on that given subject.
With his wife Doree and their sons Kevin and Ben, the Kent family recreated the lives of a French trader of the 1600s and his Native family, during ten summers in wilderness settings. In addition, with their dog Toby, they paddled from end to end the 3,000-mile mainline fur trade canoe route across the U.S. and Canada, from Montreal to Ft. Chipewyan in northern Alberta, over the course of fifteen voyages.
Regular Museum Admission: Adults $5, Seniors $3, Children $3.
Besser Museum Members, ACC Students, and Active and Military Veterans are FREE.
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Time
February 14, 2025 7:00 pm
Location
Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan
491 Johnson St, Alpena, MI 49707