This is a test of the Rootsweb lists I am on. It is also some information for the list administrator if they feel the list is not running as expected. And finally it is an attempt to get something posted to the list so Rootsweb does not turn the list off. The list admin should probably go to this page: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and try to set up a new mailman login, if not already done. If you do that you will probably get to this page eventually: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail Then you might want to sign up for this list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/Listowners But be warned, you will receive postings from that list almost every day.  May 8 a day at times. Another option that I do not encourage is to turn the list over to me - at least temporarily.  Again, I do not want that done if you are willing to keep the list. Mike Flannigan

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The following link was on CyndisList News yesterday: URL : http://danny-phantom.4t.com/up_mich/ghost_towns.html TITLE : Ghost Towns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula DESCRIPTION : I thought someone might be interested. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net List Administrator for 99 mail lists. 32 State-Ghost Towns / 21 Oklahoma- / 13 Family Surnames / 12 Miscellaneous / 8 Canadian & 12 Province & Territories Ghost Towns lists.

Thanks for the info. However, that info is what is in the available history books at the library. I am hopeing to uncover something new. To add to what you sent me if you are interested, I did receive the following from another person. Its basically the same but it does add to the list of postmasters.. *Stephens, MI Post Office (Mayfield Township) Lapeer County* ** *Was established on February 28, 1872 with Robert Stewart as its first postmaster.* *Discontinued operation on July 31, 1883.* *Reestablished on July 13, 1886 and discontinued operation on April 8, 1887; with mail service to Lapeer.* ** *List of postmasters and dates of service:* ** *Robert Stewart.......February 28, 1872* *James E. Leete.....December 23, 1874* *William M. Gale.....July 13, 1886 to April 8, 1887* ** *The town was platted in 1871 and named for its proprietor, Henry Stephens, of the lumber firm of Stephens, Currier & Townsend; he got the Detroit & Bay City Railroad to build a branch line through it and it became a lumber boom town. The town was also known as Fish Lake from its location by that body of water; now a ghost town. * ** *Paul Petosky* *Postmarks from the Past* *http://postmarks.grandmaraismichigan.com/ * Mary Jean wrote: > I don't have Vol. III of Michigan Ghost Towns, however I have the book, > Michigan Place Names by Walter Romig. This is what is says about Stephesn, > Lapeer County: it was platted in 1871 and named for its proprietor, Henry > Stephens, of the lumber firm of Stephens, Currier & Townsend; he got the > Detroit & Bay City Railroad to build a branch line through it and it became > a lumber boom town; Robert Stewart became its first postmaster on Feb. 28, > 1872; the office was closed on July 31, 1883, but was restored from July > 13, 1886, to April 8, 1887; it was also known as Fish Lake from its location > by that body of water; now a ghost town. (from post office archives). Wish I > could help you with a picture. MJ > On Fri Nov 27 3:00 , mi-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com sent: > > Today's Topics: > 1. Want info and photos of Fish Lake (Stephens Mill) in Lapeer > County (daryl) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:12:30 -0500 > From: daryl <[1]sofasurferlinux@charter.net> > Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Want info and photos of Fish Lake (Stephens > Mill) in Lapeer County > To: [2]MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <[3]4B0E386E.3060004@charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Hopeing somewhere in the world I will find someone who has a picture of > Stephens Mill, a lumber camp located on Fish Lake in Mayfield Twp, > Lapeer County. Any other info also appreciated. > ------------------------------ > To contact the MI-GHOSTTOWNS list administrator, send an email to > [4]MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com. > To post a message to the MI-GHOSTTOWNS mailing list, send an email to > [5]MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com. > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [6]MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > End of MI-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 > ******************************************* > > References > > 1. javascript:top.opencompose('sofasurferlinux@charter.net','','','') > 2. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com','','','') > 3. javascript:top.opencompose('4B0E386E.3060004@charter.net','','','') > 4. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com','','','') > 5. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com','','','') > 6. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com','','','') > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I don't have Vol. III of Michigan Ghost Towns, however I have the book, Michigan Place Names by Walter Romig. This is what is says about Stephesn, Lapeer County: it was platted in 1871 and named for its proprietor, Henry Stephens, of the lumber firm of Stephens, Currier & Townsend; he got the Detroit & Bay City Railroad to build a branch line through it and it became a lumber boom town; Robert Stewart became its first postmaster on Feb. 28, 1872; the office was closed on July 31, 1883, but was restored from July 13, 1886, to April 8, 1887; it was also known as Fish Lake from its location by that body of water; now a ghost town. (from post office archives). Wish I could help you with a picture. MJ On Fri Nov 27 3:00 , mi-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com sent: Today's Topics: 1. Want info and photos of Fish Lake (Stephens Mill) in Lapeer County (daryl) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:12:30 -0500 From: daryl <[1]sofasurferlinux@charter.net> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Want info and photos of Fish Lake (Stephens Mill) in Lapeer County To: [2]MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <[3]4B0E386E.3060004@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hopeing somewhere in the world I will find someone who has a picture of Stephens Mill, a lumber camp located on Fish Lake in Mayfield Twp, Lapeer County. Any other info also appreciated. ------------------------------ To contact the MI-GHOSTTOWNS list administrator, send an email to [4]MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MI-GHOSTTOWNS mailing list, send an email to [5]MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [6]MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MI-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 ******************************************* References 1. javascript:top.opencompose('sofasurferlinux@charter.net','','','') 2. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com','','','') 3. javascript:top.opencompose('4B0E386E.3060004@charter.net','','','') 4. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com','','','') 5. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com','','','') 6. javascript:top.opencompose('MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com','','','')

Was the camp on this high ground where Fish Lake School was? http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-83.24770&lat=43.11065&opt=1 Mike On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, sofasurferlinux@charter.net wrote: > >Hopeing somewhere in the world I will find someone who has a picture of >Stephens Mill, a lumber camp located on Fish Lake in Mayfield Twp, >Lapeer County. Any other info also appreciated.

Hopeing somewhere in the world I will find someone who has a picture of Stephens Mill, a lumber camp located on Fish Lake in Mayfield Twp, Lapeer County. Any other info also appreciated.

Thanks for that information. Present day Calderwood is about 2.3 miles east of Bond Falls. By UP standards it would be considered a small town with a church, and perhaps a store for the nearby campers: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-89.08421&lat=46.40951&opt=1 Agate is 4.5 miles to the north and quite a bit smaller: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-89.07254&lat=46.47277&opt=1 Agate Falls is 1 mile NW of there. Mike Flannigan On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, finntwinmom@msn.com wrote: > > >Hi All, >I am VERY late in replying......better late than never? I live in Brighton, Michigan. The ghost town I am interested in is Calderwood, Michigan. It is in the nortwest upper penninsula of Michigan, near Trout Creek, MI. There is a book called Michigan Ghost Towns which gives a little information. I have the book, but can't give the particulars right now as we are in the process of putting new floors in our home and all my books are out of the book cases and in boxes. It doesn't give much info....it did have a post office and the book basically tells the dates of the towns existence. My mom grew up in Calderwood, but she went to Trout Creek High School. I don't know if Calderwood had an elementary school....she never said and I never asked her before she was deceased. One time, in the late 1980's she, my sister, and I took a trip to the area (it is about 10 or 11 hours from where I live) and my mom wanted to drive through the "town" of Calderwood, which, at that time! > was a ghost town, but, you could see some foundations. I believe that now it is totally reforested so you can't really see anything driving through. Anyway, at the time she pointed to spots where nothing stood and said, "That is where the general store was,..that is where the lumber yard was, that is where the dance hall was." I think she pointed out more building sites, but those are the ones I remember. Anyway, I don't know much else about it. My mom and her friends used to walk from her farm to Bond Falls, so it is very close to that area. I don't know if Bond Falls was considered in Calderwood when it was a town, but I would guess it had to have been. If anyone know any more about Calderwood, I would be very interested. Thanks a lot. Vickie> From: dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:22:22 -0600> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] GHOST TOWN TALK> > Greetings to all Michigan GhostTowners.> > In order to stimulate my quiet lists ! > I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers.> > No one on > the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 57 subscribers to this list at the moment.> Where do you live?> What Ghost Town or area are you interested in?> What county was your Ghost Town located in?> Are there any remnants left of the town?> Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries?> Do you have any information about the time line of the town?> Did it have a post office?> If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained?> Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet?> What's the link?> Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area?> > Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in.> > Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it.> > Fred - Mail List Administrator> > > > > Frederick M. Dittmar> Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service> PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 !

Vickie, I have the same Ghost Town book that you have. The only other information I have is from "Michigan Place Names" byWalter Romig. This is what it says: Calderwood, Ontonagon County: in the pine era of the 1880s, a group of Minnesota men organized a company for logging and sawmill operation, naming it the Calderwood Lumber Company; it was succeeded by the Mercer-de-Laittre Company mill here in Interior Township, but when the settlement was given a post office on Feb. 5, 1908, with Glenn McClatchie as its first postmaster, it was called Calderwood. (from PO archieves). Have you ever checked eBay for postcards of Calderwood? MJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <mi-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com> To: <mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:00 AM Subject: MI-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 6 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: GHOST TOWN TALK (vickie ray) > 2. Calderwood, MI. (Dittmar, Frederick M.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Hi All, > I am VERY late in replying......better late than never? I live in > Brighton, Michigan. The ghost town I am interested in is Calderwood, > Michigan. It is in the nortwest upper penninsula of Michigan, near Trout > Creek, MI. There is a book called Michigan Ghost Towns which gives a > little information. I have the book, but can't give the particulars right > now as we are in the process of putting new floors in our home and all my > books are out of the book cases and in boxes. It doesn't give much > info....it did have a post office and the book basically tells the dates > of the towns existence. My mom grew up in Calderwood, but she went to > Trout Creek High School. I don't know if Calderwood had an elementary > school....she never said and I never asked her before she was deceased. > One time, in the late 1980's she, my sister, and I took a trip to the area > (it is about 10 or 11 hours from where I live) and my mom wanted to drive > through the "town" of Calderwood, which, at that time! > was a ghost town, but, you could see some foundations. I believe that > now it is totally reforested so you can't really see anything driving > through. Anyway, at the time she pointed to spots where nothing stood and > said, "That is where the general store was,..that is where the lumber yard > was, that is where the dance hall was." I think she pointed out more > building sites, but those are the ones I remember. Anyway, I don't know > much else about it. My mom and her friends used to walk from her farm to > Bond Falls, so it is very close to that area. I don't know if Bond Falls > was considered in Calderwood when it was a town, but I would guess it had > to have been. If anyone know any more about Calderwood, I would be very > interested. Thanks a lot. Vickie> From: dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: > MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:22:22 -0600> > Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] GHOST TOWN TALK> > Greetings to all Michigan > GhostTowners.> > In order to stimulate my quiet lists ! > I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers.> > No one on > the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to > write and talk with others. There are 57 subscribers to this list at the > moment.> Where do you live?> What Ghost Town or area are you interested > in?> What county was your Ghost Town located in?> Are there any remnants > left of the town?> Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries?> Do you have any > information about the time line of the town?> Did it have a post office?> > If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained?> Has it been surveyed > and is it posted on the internet?> What's the link?> Do you know if the > State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area?> > > Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the > information in.> > Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works > when you post and others answer and add to it.> > Fred - Mail List > Administrator> > > > > Frederick M. Dittmar> Diggin' Deep Genealogy > Research Service> PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 ! > http://frederick.dittmar.org> > Member: Association of Professional > Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org> Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical > Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs> Board Member - OKOLHA - > http://www.okolha.net> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe > from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the message > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:53:54 -0600 > From: "Dittmar, Frederick M." <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> > Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Calderwood, MI. > To: "mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com" <mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <953EE97C3E9E704A93204207A9FD6A3183BC8B24A0@XMAIL2.sooner.net.ou.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Vickie, Thank you for posting your touching story of your mothers visit > to Calderwood. No posting are late on Ghost Towns. It's like someone > coming out of the woodwork with information. > If anyone else knows of a Ghost Town in Michigan please write us with your > story and the location of the town with any history you know. It's the > pieces that make the puzzle complete. > If anyone has old photographs of towns or current photos with buildings > identified please see if a local genealogy or historical society would be > interested in copies of them. It's up to us to preserve the history before > it's all gone. > > Thank you again Vickie and all. This is your mail list please use it. > > Visit the archives and see if any of the past posting could be added to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=mi-ghosttowns > > Fred - Administrator > MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com> > > > Frederick M. 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Vickie, Thank you for posting your touching story of your mothers visit to Calderwood. No posting are late on Ghost Towns. It's like someone coming out of the woodwork with information. If anyone else knows of a Ghost Town in Michigan please write us with your story and the location of the town with any history you know. It's the pieces that make the puzzle complete. If anyone has old photographs of towns or current photos with buildings identified please see if a local genealogy or historical society would be interested in copies of them. It's up to us to preserve the history before it's all gone. Thank you again Vickie and all. This is your mail list please use it. Visit the archives and see if any of the past posting could be added to: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=mi-ghosttowns Fred - Administrator MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:MI-GHOSTTOWNS-admin@rootsweb.com> Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

Hi All, I am VERY late in replying......better late than never? I live in Brighton, Michigan. The ghost town I am interested in is Calderwood, Michigan. It is in the nortwest upper penninsula of Michigan, near Trout Creek, MI. There is a book called Michigan Ghost Towns which gives a little information. I have the book, but can't give the particulars right now as we are in the process of putting new floors in our home and all my books are out of the book cases and in boxes. It doesn't give much info....it did have a post office and the book basically tells the dates of the towns existence. My mom grew up in Calderwood, but she went to Trout Creek High School. I don't know if Calderwood had an elementary school....she never said and I never asked her before she was deceased. One time, in the late 1980's she, my sister, and I took a trip to the area (it is about 10 or 11 hours from where I live) and my mom wanted to drive through the "town" of Calderwood, which, at that time was a ghost town, but, you could see some foundations. I believe that now it is totally reforested so you can't really see anything driving through. Anyway, at the time she pointed to spots where nothing stood and said, "That is where the general store was,..that is where the lumber yard was, that is where the dance hall was." I think she pointed out more building sites, but those are the ones I remember. Anyway, I don't know much else about it. My mom and her friends used to walk from her farm to Bond Falls, so it is very close to that area. I don't know if Bond Falls was considered in Calderwood when it was a town, but I would guess it had to have been. If anyone know any more about Calderwood, I would be very interested. Thanks a lot. Vickie> From: dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:22:22 -0600> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] GHOST TOWN TALK> > Greetings to all Michigan GhostTowners.> > In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers.> > No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 57 subscribers to this list at the moment.> Where do you live?> What Ghost Town or area are you interested in?> What county was your Ghost Town located in?> Are there any remnants left of the town?> Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries?> Do you have any information about the time line of the town?> Did it have a post office?> If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained?> Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet?> What's the link?> Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area?> > Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in.> > Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it.> > Fred - Mail List Administrator> > > > > Frederick M. Dittmar> Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service> PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org> > Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org> Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs> Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008

Many thanks to all for the help. Sue

Hi, Sarah. There is a town called Portage in the lower peninsula just south of Kalamazoo. Not sure if this is the place you're thinking of.> To: MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:18:23 -0400> From: sajarosch@aol.com> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] PORTAGE LOCATION> > > I haven't tried on this for a few years.? I have a Marier? gUncle baptised in Portage Location in the 1880's. I'm pretty sure it's in the UP but I can't be certain.? Does anyone out there know anything about it? > > Thanks> ?> Sue Jarosch> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now! http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm

Many locations with the name Portage exist in MI...here goes:   Portage, Jackson County Portage, Kalamazoo County Portage Creek, Manistee County Portage Entry, Houghton County Portage Fork, Jackson County Portage Lake, Jackson County Portage Point, Manistee County   Hopefully the individual looking for Portage should be on this list.   Paul Petosky Postmarks from the Past http://postmarks.grandmaraismichigan.com/  

I haven't tried on this for a few years.? I have a Marier? gUncle baptised in Portage Location in the 1880's. I'm pretty sure it's in the UP but I can't be certain.? Does anyone out there know anything about it? Thanks ? Sue Jarosch

Oh, I see. The state park is just west of the town a couple of miles.> From: Nancy.Dalle@ilscot.ang.af.mil> To: mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:57:58 -0500> Subject: Re: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan> > I though it was now a State Park... > > -----Original Message-----> From: Mark Sortzi [mailto:mark_sortzi@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:52 PM> To: mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan> > > Hi, Nancy. Port Crescent is actually a nice little vacation town with a> thriving downtown, a big marina, condos on Lake Huron etc. Not a ghost town> at all. It probably does not have a post office which is maybe why it> doesn't always appear on maps....> From: Nancy.Dalle@ilscot.ang.af.mil> To:> MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:42:46 -0500> Subject:> [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan> > I'm looking for information about> Residence of Port Crescent Michigan - not> sure if this is a Ghost town but> it's a Town that is no longer there....> > ------------------------------->> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the> quotes in the subject and the body of the message> _________________________________________________________________> Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now!> http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the> quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008

Hi, Nancy. Port Crescent is actually a nice little vacation town with a thriving downtown, a big marina, condos on Lake Huron etc. Not a ghost town at all. It probably does not have a post office which is maybe why it doesn't always appear on maps....> From: Nancy.Dalle@ilscot.ang.af.mil> To: MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:42:46 -0500> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan> > I'm looking for information about Residence of Port Crescent Michigan - not> sure if this is a Ghost town but it's a Town that is no longer there....> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now! http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm

I though it was now a State Park... -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sortzi [mailto:mark_sortzi@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:52 PM To: mi-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan Hi, Nancy. Port Crescent is actually a nice little vacation town with a thriving downtown, a big marina, condos on Lake Huron etc. Not a ghost town at all. It probably does not have a post office which is maybe why it doesn't always appear on maps....> From: Nancy.Dalle@ilscot.ang.af.mil> To: MI-GHOSTTOWNS@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:42:46 -0500> Subject: [MI-GHOSTTOWNS] Port Crescent Michigan> > I'm looking for information about Residence of Port Crescent Michigan - not> sure if this is a Ghost town but it's a Town that is no longer there....> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now! http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MI-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm looking for information about Residence of Port Crescent Michigan - not sure if this is a Ghost town but it's a Town that is no longer there....

Our family is interested in the ghost towns of "Huff" and "Axin". We live in Wisconsin but have ties to both the UP and lower peninsula of Michigan. Huff was located in Marquette and there are no remnants of the town, other than the foundation of the post office. My husband's great-grandfather, James Willard Huff, was postmaster of the town. It is now on private land. The town of Axin is located in Wexford County, Michigan. The postmaster was Axin Morgan, also a relative. Paula