Ban of Motorized Vehicles on Mackinac Island Mackinac Island Carriage Tours has Preserved the Charm and Tradition of Horse-Drawn Transportation on Mackinac Island for Six Generations, Spanning 150 years 1898 An entry in the minutes of the Village of Mackinac Island Council reads (take a deep breath): "We the undersigned being engaged in the carriage business in this village would earnestly protest against the granting of a license to any person for the purpose of operating or running any vehicle known as a horseless carriage and we would respectfully request that your honorable body take such action as may be necessary to prevent the operating use or running of any vehicle known as a horseless carriage on the streets or roads in this village is dangerous to the lives and property of your petitioners and their patrons and to all others who use the streets and roads of the village as such vehicle is known as horseless carriage when operating and running will frighten even a quite [sic] horse and will cause any timid or spirited animal to run away to the danger of both lives and property as there is such a vehicle operating and running on the streets and roads of the village at the present time we would respectfully request that you take immediate action to stop the running of such a vehicle until you decide on the course you will prosue [sic]." Signed: Thomas P. Chambers, President, Anthony Corrigan, J. N. Chambers, and Joe Leggett. Council members agreed with this request and formally passed an ordinance at their next meeting banning automobiles. Mackinac Island Carriage Tours Founded by Families who pioneered the ban of motorized vehicles on Mackinac Island Serving the community year-around P.O. Box 400 Mackinac Island, MI 49757 Phone: (906) 847-3307 Fax: (906) 847-6482   We continue to be committed to keeping"Horse as King" on Mackinac Island. Share our tradition and tour Mackinac by horse and carriage.