Midland Log
First published in 1970 and relaunched in 2023, The Midland Log is a twice-yearly journal exploring Midland County history.
Each issue is created by local historians, archivists and subject experts. Volunteer authors and editors spend hundreds of hours researching records, checking sources, selecting photographs and sourcing their work for accuracy.
Winner of the 2025 State History Award for Printed Periodicals, presented by the Historical Society of Michigan
Current Issue
SPRING/SUMMER 2026
A Postcard History of Midland County, Volume I
By David W. Alsgaard
More than 50 postcards reveal familiar places, overlooked details and moments from across Midland County history.
Current and available past issues are $10 each at the Midland Center Ticket Office. The current issue is complimentary for Museum members.
Past Issues
Summer/Fall 2025
A History of the Midland County Courthouse: The Art of a Developing Community
By Kenneth D. Randall
Winter/Spring 2025
A Local Stop on the Road to Prohibition: Midland City’s “Dry” Years, 1908–1967
By Tawny Ryan Nelb
Summer/Fall 2024
The History of the Nehil Lumber and Supply Company, Inc.
By Kevin Nehil
Winter/Spring 2024
The Crash of Flight 67
By Floyd Andrick
Summer/Fall 2023
The Tittabawassee Boom Company: A Mixed Blessing of the Lumbering Industry
By Tawny Ryan Nelb