It's summer and Michigan, and that means it's time to gather with friends on the porch of your house or around a campfire Up North for a spirited game of euchre. But have you ever wondered the origins of this card game obscure to people outside of the Midwest? Thanks to The Awl, wonder no more.
According to The Awl writer Jason Boog, a native Michigander, "Euchre began as a variation of an older card game carried over by German immigrants as they traveled across the United States in the nineteenth century."
Read more about the origins of Michigan's favorite obscure card game in
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