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State Parks and Camping in MichiganLocal FactsFounded in 1876, Rogers City, called the "Nautical City" because of it's heritage to shipping, fishing and boating on Lake Huron, offers much to the visitor and those lucky enough to call it home. This community of well-kept homes and quiet tree-lined streets welcomes guests with a hospitality unique to small towns. Rogers city is surrounded by 99 lakes and 301 miles of trout streams, and is the only city located along the county's 72 miles of Lake Huron shoreline. The Port of Calcite, within the city limits is one of the largest shipping ports on the Great Lakes. Massive freighters, up to 1000 feet long, are often docked outside the port, waiting to be loaded with limestone. Visitors can watch from a vantage point at Harbor View. From the quarry view outlook, the immense 200 ton trucks that haul the limestone to the crusher look tiny in the surroundings of the largest limestone quarry in the world. The Rogers City Yacht Harbor is deemed one of the finest on the Great Lakes. Boaters annually return, making this their stop on their way to the North Channel of Lake Huron. Walkers enjoy the long, lighted breakwall extension that takes them out 500 feet into the lake. There is also a lighted platform for fishing. Rogers City is called the "Salmon Capital of Michigan" due to the popularity and success of catching salmon weighing up to 30 pounds. Numerous fishing tournaments are held during the season. Lakeside Park at the Yacht Harbor is a popular site for picnics, swimming at the sand beach, enjoying new playground equipment and listening to outdoor concerts in the new Band and Performance Shell. Visit the Sailor's Memorial honoring the men that lost their lives in the sinking of two Rogers City ships: Str. Carl D. Bradley (1958) and Str. Cedarville (1965). Above information courtesy of The Presque Isle County Tourism Council. Local History In the winter of 1868-69, William E. Rogers, Albert Molitor and Frederick Denny Larke came to the area to lumber. Mr. Molitor built a cabin, a dock and a mill on the shore, just to the north, on Lake Huron, and that was the start of Rogers City. It was named for William E. Rogers, owner of the land on which the village was laid out by his partner, Albert Molitor. It was given a post office as Rogers' Mills on September 23, 1870, the name was changed to Rogers City in January 1872, the to Rogers on January 22, 1895, and then back again to Rogers City on January 25, 1928. Incorporated as a village in 1877 and as a city in 1944. Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.
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