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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park


 




As part of our recent trip to Copper Harbor and Isle Royale National Park we also took in the Fort Wilkins Historic Complex, adjacent of Copper Harbor itself.  Fort Wilkins was once an active U.S. Army post built to keep the peace in Michigan’s Copper Country Begun in 1844 and abandoned just two years later the fort was briefly regarrisoned in the late 1860’s. It is a well-preserved example of mid-19th century ar4my life on the norther frontier. The park also includes the Copper harbor Lighthouse Complex with a restored 1848 lightkeeper’s dwelling, 1866 lighthouse and interpretive trails. 

 
And lunch fixed by our genial host John Grabko of Heartland Tours....
 


17 comments:

  1. What was the original reason for the settlers, mining? Agriculture? Very nice pic's, particularly the last one.

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  2. A very favorite place of ours. :-) I love that last photo.
    Carla

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  3. Now that's darn lovely. Love that last picture especially. :-)

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  4. I agree. I like the Jim Grabko photo, myself. We should have a caption writing contest. You put that one in on purpose I think.

    I like those old cannons of that type. I've seen them somewhere. It's just a beautiful shape, to moi.

    And why is it when I click on Mark Twain I get a video of Bette Midler singing and dancing?

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  5. Looks like a great place to visit! Hope you are staying cool:)

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  6. Hubby and I spent a lot of time around Copper Harbor when we lived in the U.P., but did not go to Fort Wilkins. There is a really lovely, very old cemetery just south of there that we liked to go see.
    Looks like a nice trip.

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  7. Wait a second... I'm seeing a jacket, blanket and long sleeves. Is it already cool where you are? I'm ready for some cooler weather and a reprieve from this dreadful heat.

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  8. Nice place to visit... and scenic, as the last beautiful picture showed.

    Couldn't resist going to see Bette Midler singing and dancing but alas she wasn't there when I clicked on Mark Twain.

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  9. What an interesting place to visit. So glad it wasn't torn down and turned into a shopping mall somewhere along the line. That last photo is just stunning.

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  10. Thanks for taking us along on the tour of Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. In the photo showing Mr. Grabko cooking the hot dogs the person on the right wrapped in a blanket ... wow, can't wait for it to get that cool here! Nice post, thanks for sharing.

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  11. I love visiting historic places like that. All the better if you can get a hot dog.

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  12. I always enjoy seeing up close how it was to live in the 1800's ...very nostalgic.

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  13. My kind of place to visit. Love the photos!

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  14. I love places like these!
    I see comments about the blankets and jackets.. it was windy and in the 50's when we were by the Big Lake a couple of weeks ago. It's actually in the 50's outside my window just now, too!

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  15. In some ways, it wasn't all that long ago. The pace of change is remarkable compared to other 150 year segments of time in history. I mean did 1350 look that much different than 1200?

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