Learn About How People Lived Hundreds of Years Ago with Open House at Fort St. Joseph in Niles

Fort St. Joseph to host annual open house Aug. 1-2

NILES — The Fort St. Joseph Archaeology Project is inviting the community to explore one of Michigan's most historical sites.

Learn about how people lived hundreds of years ago with open house at Fort St. Joseph in Niles

An annual open house at the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project in Niles is set for August 1 and 2. Niles History Center Director Christina Arseneau tells us each summer, students from the Western Michigan University archaeology program work to learn more about the past of the historic attraction at 1415 Bond Street along the St. Joe River. “So for six weeks, they have students and archaeologists working side by side to uncover the history o…