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Underwater archaeologists searching for lost village [ Empire, Michigan ]
UpNorthLive.com ^ | Friday, May 18, 2012 | Lauren Amstutz

Posted on 05/19/2012 3:34:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Underwater archaeologists searching for lost village [ Empire, Michigan ]

1 posted on 05/19/2012 3:34:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...
Michigan Archeology (Raiders of the lost sawmill)

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2 posted on 05/19/2012 3:37:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


3 posted on 05/19/2012 3:40:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cripplecreek

And to think I was kicking myself for forgetting to ping ya.


4 posted on 05/19/2012 3:48:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Why do they want to do this? The article doesn’t say.


5 posted on 05/19/2012 3:50:09 PM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: SunkenCiv

I grew up near the Michigan ghost town of Stoney Point (Not the one near Monroe) When I was a teenager we used to party back in the old quarry and go 4 wheeling in the hills.

http://genealogytrails.com/mich/jackson/hanovertwp.html


6 posted on 05/19/2012 3:58:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Can you imagine building a dock of any size on Lake Michigan in 2012? We’ve lost our spirit of growth and innovation, thanks to our progressives. They’ve feminized us to the point that we’ll sit back and watch the TSA rub down children and seniors in wheelchairs. At least we’re safe.


7 posted on 05/19/2012 4:06:43 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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This one took a little over 3 years to build with no winter construction and its still an awe inspiring sight.

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8 posted on 05/19/2012 4:13:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Around here, the ghost towns vanish, remaining only as placenames, e.g. Singapore. Also fun are the unincorporated hamlets, like Lisbon.
Marlborough Cement Factory, MI

Marlborough Cement Factory, MI

9 posted on 05/19/2012 4:14:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

The little towns sprung up where the resources they sought were at. My little 150 person burg was considerably larger in the late 1800s due to a railroad that ran through here. My house sits on the spot where the icehouse was. Even my yard is largely underlaid with cobblestones that made it easy to slide blocks of ice from the lake.


10 posted on 05/19/2012 4:25:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Michigan Ghost towns. I know the list is considerably longer than what is listed. I can think of at least a half dozen from my corner of Jackson county alone.

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/mi/mi.html


11 posted on 05/19/2012 4:31:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Beautiful aerial photo! Thank you!

San Francisco can keep it’s Golden Gate. We’ve got the Mighty Mac!!!


12 posted on 05/19/2012 5:38:13 PM PDT by SkiKnee
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To: cripplecreek

We visited the ghost town of Fayette in Fayette State Park, east and south of Escanaba. I thought its setting on the bay was absolutely gorgeous. The photos I can find of it on the net don’t seem to do it justice.


13 posted on 05/19/2012 5:52:09 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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To: SkiKnee

More than 11,000 people were employed to build the big mack.

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/facts—figures-16/

Began Construction May 7, 1954, Open to traffic November 1, 1957.

That’s an astounding feat in my book.


14 posted on 05/19/2012 5:52:39 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: stayathomemom
Yeah we have one seriously beautiful state.

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15 posted on 05/19/2012 6:03:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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Click the link.
The Republic you save may be your own.


16 posted on 05/19/2012 6:40:08 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: cripplecreek

Did you know that the old car elevator is still in Mackinaw City at the ferry docks from when the car ferry was in operation? My father told me several years ago that it is there, you can see it easiest while driving southbound, off to the east. It looks like it’s two or three stories high. I can’t make it out in the pic you posted, but it would be just off to the left of the bridge in the upper right corner of that photo, on the point of land that sticks out.

I’ve never seen an aerial shot of this before! Pretty cool.


17 posted on 05/19/2012 7:26:26 PM PDT by Mrs. P (Figures can lie, and liars can figure.)
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Marlborough Cement Factory, MI

Yeah, it's made of cement, alright. What did they manufacture? *<];-')

Here's a potash plant at Antioch, (now a ghost town) Nebraska: "The Potash Capital of Nebraska". There were several of these in the Sandhills region that were built when Germany cut off trade in the run up to WWI. After the War to End Wars, they all closed down. Easily visible along the highway, east of Alliance...famous for Carhenge.

We saw them on a back-roads trip, and had to do some digging on the Net to finds out what the ruins were.

18 posted on 05/19/2012 9:21:47 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: SunkenCiv

Is it underwater due to Manbearpig being correct?


19 posted on 05/19/2012 11:12:51 PM PDT by NoLibZone (I trust Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Cain, Perry, Bachman : I trust their judgment on their 2012 pick.)
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Manbearpig predicted the lake level would just keep going down.

Hasn't happened.

But if we wait long enough, it just might (law of hysterical historical avearages).......

20 posted on 05/20/2012 2:15:42 PM PDT by Lakeshark (NbIttoalbl,cRwIdtaa)
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