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Sat23Jun201810:00am-3:30pm
Pioneer Kids Day & Civil War Muster
Parents and children of all ages delight in participating in pioneer children’s games and activities from yesteryear, while Civil War re-enactors provide a revealing and exhilarating glimpse into that most defining moment in US History – our Civil War! See soldier and civilian camp life up close and personal – experience hair-raising cannon fire.
Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; event concludes at 3:30 pm
Pricing - Senior: $11, Adult: $12, Child (6-17): $9, 5 & Under: Free -
Fri29Jun2018
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Sat30Jun2018
Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Mason County Sports Hall of Fame Committee inducts its annual class of famed athletes from Mason County into our Sports Hall of Fame.
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Sat14Jul2018
Mason County Day & Old Time Baseball Game
Mason County Residents will receive free admission with a valid driver’s license only. All other visitors will receive 50% off admission from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm.
10:00 am – Village Opens:
10:30 am – 4:00 pm Ludington Mariner’s Old Time Base Ball Tournament:
Teams: Ludington Mariners, Sidney Stars, & Fallasburgh Flats
https://facebook.com/LudingtonMarinersOTBB/
“Batter Up!” Old Time Base Ball and the Ludington Mariners are a rich part of Mason County Historical Society’s and the storied history of our area. We are proud to host an Old Time Base Ball game, replete with uniformed players in America’s favorite pastime, in original form.
10:00 am – 3:30 pm – Crazy Bubble Lady https://www.facebook.com/Crazybubblelady/
10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Ice Cream Sundae’s $5.00 ea. (two scoops of ice cream with choice of toppings)
11:00 am – 3:00 pm – First Person Interpreters on site.
1:30 pm – Mason & Oceana Railroad Dedication
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 1905 Port Huron Sawmill operating
3:30 pm – Event ends
5:00 pm – Village closes
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Fri27Jul2018
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Fri24Aug2018
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Sat29Sep201810:00am-3:30pm
Lumber Day
Commemorate the lives of our forebears during a day of hardy celebration. Enjoy a lumberjack flapjack brunch, cooked and served by a local Boy Scout troop with flapjacks, sausage, juice or milk and 100% real, local maple syrup. Play a game of pumpkin tic-tac-toe, watch a horse log-pulling demonstration or take a tractor hay ride while visiting the Pioneer past!
Pricing - Senior: $11, Adult: $12, Child (6-17): $9, 5 & Under: Free
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Sat20Oct20183:00pm-6:00pm
Spooky Trick-or-Treat
“Sweets for the sweet!” Children of all ages love to tour the Village and fill their Halloween sack with goodies!
Pricing - $3/person, 2 & Under: Free
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Sat15Dec2018
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Sat04May2019
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Thu09May2019
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Thu16May2019
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Thu23May2019
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Thu30May2019
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Sat01Jun2019
Mason County Day
Mason County Residents will receive free admission with a valid driver’s license only. All other visitors will receive 50% off admission from 10:00 am – 3:30 pm.
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Fri28Jun2019
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Fri26Jul2019
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Fri23Aug2019
Member Day
Members have the opportunity to bring a friend to tour the Village and they will receive half off their admission and 20% off all Gift Shop purchases.
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Tue10Sep2019
Fallfest Celebration - Members Only
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Mon30Sep20196-8PMLincoln Hills Golf Course
Celebrity Wait Night
Come enjoy an entertaining evening with friends for a good cause. Your Celebrity Wait Staff will ensure that you fun. Enjoy a game of trivia, see artifacts from our collection, and take in an evening of music by famed maritime artist Lee Murdock.
Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. There is an amazing timelessness to this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard work, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in.
The music is grounded in the work song tradition, from the rugged days of lumberjacks and wooden sailing schooners. Murdock comes alongside with ballads of contemporary commerce and revelry in the grand folk style.
Murdock has been compared to the late Canadian songwriter, Stan Rogers, with a singing voice and a respect for musical traditions that is reminiscent of the great Burl Ives. Indeed, his repertoire is a seamless blend of the old work songs, mixed with his own original compositions and the work of songwriters such as Shel Silverstein, Woody Guthrie, Pat Dailey, Larry Penn and others.
Tips for your Celebrity Wait Staff will go to further the mission of preserving and presenting the vast history of Mason County.—from our agricultural heritage to our rich maritime heritage.
We are grateful for your generosity, your trust, and most importantly your commitment to our mission. We look forward to seeing you on September 23rd, 2019.
Cost: $25.00 per person
Dinner Choices: Beef short ribs, chicken, vegetarian stir fry
RSVP: to rebecca@mchshistory.org by August 19th -
Sat19Oct20193:00pm-6:00pm
Haunted Village Trick-or-Treat
“Sweets for the sweet!” Children of all ages love to tour the Village and fill their Halloween sack with goodies!
Pricing - $6.00 per person, 2 & Under: Free
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Fri13Dec2019Sat14Dec20194:00pm-7:00pm
2nd Annual White Pine Christmas
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Thu23Jul2020
Living History Day (Abraham Lincoln)
Cost: add $2.00 to admission.
An Abraham Lincoln first person interpreter will be mingling with the visitors and giving short presentations throughout the day. Ron Carley, who has been appearing as Abraham Lincoln for over five years, calls himself a Lincoln presenter, a living historian who brings the 16th president to life.
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Tue04Aug2020Fri07Aug2020
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Thu13Aug2020


General Tour Information
History in Action Days and the One Room Schoolhouse Tours are each $6 for students and chaperones while teachers are free.
Group Tours
Group pricing and tours are available for organizations wishing to bring a group of 15 or more to the museum, such as:
Tour Companies
Bus tours
Retirement communities
Churches
Scout groups
After-school programs
Links for more information located immediately below:
For more information please contact Rebecca Berringer at 231-843-4808 ex.103
Light Lunch Group Tour
The Mason County Historical Society at Historic White Pine Village would like to welcome groups to travel to our village for a very enjoyable tour of 30 historic exhibit buildings, including the original 1849 Mason County Courthouse (on the National Register of Historic Places ) and an authentic turn-of-the-century steam locomotive, tender car, and flat car loaded with logs and headed toward the Village’s working sawmill. Visitors come face-to-face with early settlers: first-person interpreters with scripts carefully prepared by staff and historians, they interact and improvise with visitors in the persona of historical characters and recreate actual personages from Mason County. The package also includes a delicious light lunch, which will be served in our Town Hall.

Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
Below are a couple of geo-caches located in Mason County. We hope these caches will inspire a deeper appreciation for the region’s rich maritime & lumbering history. Have fun and happy hunting!
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC76807_plmm
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC765QP_white-pine-village
“The Abbie” and “Sport Fishing Sculpture” by Doug Coldwell are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
