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Jul 20, 2011 - Thar's copper in them there hills

Yesterday was one of the more interesting and fun days we've had start to finish. We headed to the northern most point of Michigan, Copper Harbor. The first "rush" in the country was to Copper Harbor MI when copper was discovered in the hills, even before the gold rush. We stopped into Ft. Wilkins an Army post built in 1844 to keep the peace. After two years it was abandoned since there was no peace keeping need. The WPA restored the fort in the 30s and it again has been upgraded. It was very neat. After lunch in our camper we went on a...

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