This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JGB.2ACI/647.1 Message Board Post: I don't know the history of the Manistee area, but the Fox Farm more than likely is just that -- a farm where they raised foxes for their pelts. They kept them in small cages and fed them horse meat. I'm from Wisconsin and there was a big one north of Wausau run by the Fromme (sp??) brothers.