GRANDPA AND THE CARRIAGE BUSINESS
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR'S GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM DONNELLY SR.. GRANDPA WAS ONE OF THE 31 0R 32 PEOPLE IN THE TOUR BUSINESS. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE CLOTHES AND HATS, THIS PHOTO IS FROM THE LATE 20'S OR EARLY 30'S. GRANDPA STARTED IN THE CARRIAGE TOUR BUSINESS IN 1910. THIS BOOK CONTAINS FAIRLY COMPLETE HISTORY AND STORIES ABOUT GRANDPA. GRANDPA TAUGHT THE AUTHOR THE HISTORY OF THE ISLAND, AND INSTILLED IN HIM, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISLAND AND IT'S PEOPLE. GRANDPA WAS LATER A MEMBER OF MACKINAC ISLAND CARRIAGE TOURS, INC.HE WAS ALSO, MANY YEARS AGO, CITY MARSHAL (CHIEF OF POLICE) AND SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. BORN IN 1870, HE LIVED A LOT OF THE HISTORY THAT HE TOLD ON THE TOUR AND TO HIS GRAND SON. THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK ARE A GLIMPSE OF HIS LIFE AND THE HISTORY THAT HE LIVED.