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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYC_emerson_Paradise-MI.html
Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet. Just one mile south of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River (immortalized in Longfellows poem "Hiawatha"), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The village was f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSI_whitefish-point-lighthouse_Paradise-MI.html
This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and othe…
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The PlayersJames McMillan (left) and John S. Newberry (right) founded the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad (DM&M). After completing the railroad, the company sought ways to develop the properties that they owned along the route. On October 6…