ESCANABA, MI (AP)-- Escanaba is celebrating its past while it plans — and plants — for the future.
The city on Friday kicks off the Esky 150 Celebration to mark its sesquicentennial. The weeklong festival includes concerts, logrolling demonstrations, historical tours and displays, and other activities.
The city also has launched the Esky 150 Trees and NeighborWoods Planting Parties projects. Each enables the city, its public schools and other organizations to plant trees, shrubs and daffodils to honor the city's 150th birthday celebration.
Escanaba was organized as a town in 1863, incorporated as a village in 1866 and a city in 1883.
