Watch videos produced by The Region of Three Oaks Museum!
THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO PUT THREE OAKS ON THE WORLD'S FASHION MAP IN THE 1890'S. E. K. WARREN'S INVENTION OF "FEATHERBONE" MADE THREE OAKS A BOOMTOWN, AND HE WAS A FORCE FOR MODERNIZING THE VILLAGE. EVEN NOW, WE ENJOY PRESERVED DUNES AND FORESTS BECAUSE OF WARREN'S FORESIGHT.
FEW NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES AVOIDED REMOVAL TO THE WEST AT THE HANDS OF THE US GOVERNMENT, IN THE EARLY 1830'S. THE POKAGON BAND, THANKS TO THE INGENUITY OF CHIEF LEOPOLD POKAGON, MANAGED TO DO SO.
STILL, THE POKAGONS HAD TO ENDURE HARD TIMES AND A MAJOR STRUGGLE TO WIN RECOGNITION AS A TRIBE.
THE 12TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY-- WHICH INCLUDED MANY SOLDIERS FROM SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT'S CAREER. PLAY THE VIDEO TO LEARN MORE.
SADLY, THE 2020 THREE OAKS FLAG DAY PARADE HAD TO BE CANCELED, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
THE REGION OF THREE OAKS MUSEUM PRODUCED
A LOOK BACK AT THIS THREE OAKS TRADITION, WHICH HAS GROWN FROM ONE VETERAN'S DREAM INTO THE LARGEST FLAG DAY PARADE IN THE NATION.
FEW ATHLETIC CAREERS CAN MATCH THAT OF JUMPING JOE SAVOLDI FOR DRAMA AND VARIETY. HE WAS A FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN, A GLOBE-TROTTING WRESTLER, AND A SPY DURING WORLD WAR II.
SEE THE AMAZING SAGA OF SAVOLDI, BORN IN ITALY, RAISED IN THREE OAKS, AND A RESIDENT OF HARBERT FOR MUCH OF HIS ADULT LIFE.
