Go Green! Traditional Cache

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-allenite-: As there has been no response from owner regarding my previous note, I'm archiving this cache. Please note that if geocaches are archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ for lack of maintenance, they are not eligible for unarchival.

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Hidden : 5/25/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located on the walking trail at Fayette State Park. Remember there is a fee to enter a state park. The walk is short and well worth the view.

The students of the Hannahville Indian School 6th and 7th grade hid three caches in the Fayette Area, with permission from the Michigan State Parks and the Park Supervisor. The students hope to increase traffic to the park site. Fayette is a great place to visit and it holds a lot of history. The hiding of geocaches is part of a Service Learning Project funded by Learn and Serve America.
When visiting Fayette please let the Fayette Supervisor know you were in to find the cache and thank him for his support of geo caching!
There is a small fee for entering the park!
Information on Fayette
Named after Fayette Brown, the Jackson Iron Company agent who chose the site, Fayette was once one of the Upper Peninsula's most productive iron-smelting operations. Fayette is located on the Garden Peninsula at Snail Shell Harbor. The town site is approximately sixteen miles off of US2 and 41. It is well worth the trip down the peninsula. While on Garden Peninsula you may also want to stop at the Threefold Vine Winery operated by the Green Family.
Fayette grew up around two blast furnaces, a large dock and several charcoal kilns after the Civil War. Nearly five hundred residents, many immigrating from Canada, the British Isles and northern Europe, lived in and near the town.
During twenty-four years of operation, 1867 to l891, Fayette's blast furnaces produced a total of 229,288 tons of iron, using local hardwood forests for fuel and quarrying limestone from the bluffs to purify the iron ore. When the charcoal iron market began to decline, the Jackson Iron Company closed its Fayette smelting operation.
Fayette had residents up to 1950 and in 1959 the state of Michigan made Fayette a state park. Fayette is celebrating fifty years as a state park this summer.
What you can expect to see: Fayette State Park has over nineteen structures including several public and commercial buildings, residential housing and the stabilized ruins of the furnace complex. The highlight of the town site includes a two story outhouse and the beautiful view at the harbor.
Attractions include a visitor center, museum exhibits, a twenty-six-station walking tour and a scale model of the original town site. Scheduled tours are offered to visitors from mid-June through Labor Day. The visitor center is handicapped accessible. Allow two to three hours for tour of the town site.
An Annual Event, Fayette Heritage Days, August 8th, 2009. The local school district, Big Bay De Noc Schools features a whitefish stand that is worth the trip to Fayette Heritage Days.
You may want to pack a picnic lunch, the town site offers plenty of great places to sit and view the limestone cliffs and beautiful Lake Michigan.

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