Christmas, Michigan Traditional Cache
Snowbirds4: This has been a fun run of caches but they are logging this road so it is time to let it go. Thanks for all the comments, we read them all. Cache on!!!
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Christmas, Michigan, population about 400, was given its name by a Munising, Michigan man who started a roadside factory to make holiday gift items in 1938. The factory is long gone, but the the community of Christmas continued to grow, becoming a popular resort area and a joy for snowmobilers. All the businesses in Christmas, carry out the Santa Claus theme. Bay Furnace Park in Christmas, (a National Forest Campground and Picnic Area) was originally the town of Onota where a huge stone blast fumace was built in 1869 to make iron. Ships carrying iron ore docked at the long pier and the iron was smelted in the forge and melted into "pigs". The "Pig Iron" was then shipped to the lower Great Lakes. In 1877 the town, also known as "Bay Furnace", was destroyed by fire leaving only the iron smelting kiln. A trail circles the ruins and interpretive signs explain how the furnace operated. The Bay Furnace still stands majestically, a historical monument overlooking Lake Superior and Grand Island.
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