Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th- and 19th-century military outpost and living history museum situated on 150-foot limestone bluffs overlooking Haldimand Bay and the City of Mackinac Island in Michigan
History: Built by the British in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War, it later served as an active U.S. Army outpost and headquarters for Mackinac National Park (the country's second national park) before closing in 1895 and becoming part of Michigan's first state park.
Attractions & Exhibits: Features 14 historic buildings—including Michigan's oldest building, the Soldiers' Barracks, Post Hospital, and Post Commissary—along with daily costumed interpreters, rifle and cannon firings, and military drills portraying life in the 1880s.
Extra Items: Mackinac History Series Nos.8 (1966), 11 (1968) and Vol.II, No.2 (1974). PLUS 4 Information Sheets issued by the Hamilton Military Museum in the mid 1990s. (see pics)
