Following the Flint River Downstream: Flint, Flushing, Montrose, Saginaw, Bay City, Essexville

About a year ago I undertook a sort of informal pilgrimage.

One night, starting at the Saginaw Street bridge downtown, I followed the Flint River upstream north and east, looking for the headwaters.  The drive took me deep into Lapeer County, through tiny towns I’ve heard of most my life, but most of which I had never visited: Columbiaville, North Branch, Dryden, Metamora. … Read the rest

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