A Dirty Wild Dog Rides to God's Country to Visit Da Yoopers, Eh.

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This area of the USA gets so much snowfall, a delivery sleigh was needed to transport goods and dead bodies from the mortuary.

 

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Another relic, I’m guessing from the mid to late 1800’s.  I’m glad someone kept it and didn’t burn it to be lost forever.

 

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Sometimes it is too difficult to get the trees to the sawmill, so why not make a sawmill one can drive to the trees.






And zoomed in slightly.

 

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Continuing north, I arrived in the small village named Lake Linden.

 

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And then visited this shrine of George Gipp in the village of Calument Laurium.

 

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Not far away, actually just across U.S. Hwy 41 is the location of the Keweenaw National Historic Park.  If you ever find yourself in the peninsula it’s quite a special place.  Do yourself a solid and make the stop.





A couple of the buildings on the property.  Aren’t they incredible?  I love the architecture.

 

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A good sized chunk of Float Copper on the grounds.

 

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With the amount of snow this peninsula receives each winter, if I remember correctly, the record is just under 40 feet of snow during the winter of 1978-1979, you need some massive snow-removal equipment, even for train tracks.

 

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A fascinating church in the old part of town in Calumet, Michigan.

 

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And now for some negativity from a tradjedy that struck this area.  :-\.



Why you shouldn’t yell ‘fire’ in a crowded place, unless there is a fire obviously!

 

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Today, over 100 years later, this is all that remains of the former Italian Hall.

 

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A little reading on the tragedy.

 

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Seemed fitting to snap a pic of an Italian bike, manufactured 90 years after the tragedy at the Italian Hall.

 

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Downtown pic of the old part of Calument, Michigan.

 

[Oubones]

Interesting and nice places, just not good for biking in winter.
I just wish our downtown areas were as neat and clean.
Here any brandnew building is only neat and clean for a short period.

 

[armpump]

Thanks for sharing man.

 

[woody1]

Amazing area there.  Thanks again for sharing.  :thumleft:

 

[Mr Zog]

I love those old stone buildings  :thumleft:

 

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Thanks for sharing man.

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Amazing area there.  Thanks again for sharing.  :thumleft:

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I love those old stone buildings  :thumleft:

Same here.  Built to last centuries with timeless looks.

 

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From Calumet-Larium, I continued north in the Keweenaw Peninsula.  I decided to leave tarmac for a little trail ride in the Cliff Mine area.  Certainly, a wild looking area.