Near Garden in Delta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Fayette's Neighborhoods
Fayette Historic State Park
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
1. Fayette's Neighborhoods Marker
The location has… two streets circling around the little bay, upon which have been erected some ten or twelve neat frame buildings. There are also some twenty-five or thirty log shanties, all occupied, but they are on the opposite slope from the little bay.
Lake Superior Mining and Manufacturing News
September 28, 1867
A central business district divided Fayette’s company housing. Tradesmen and supervisors lived with their families in comfortable frame houses across town.
The simple log homes of Fayette’s laboring class stretched in rows along the hill, road and shoreline.
One of Fayette’s working class homes had been reconstructed on its original site. Shallow depressions in the ground mark other cabin sites.
Erected by Fayette Historic State Park & Michigan Historical Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 45° 43.091′ N, 86° 40.083′ W. Marker is near Garden, Michigan, in Delta County. Marker can be reached from State Park Road, one mile west of II Road (State Highway 183). Marker is located along the interpretive trail in Fayette Historic State Park, overlooking the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Furnace Complex, Upper Level (within shouting distance of this marker); Railroad Grade (within shouting distance of this marker); Manufacturing Charcoal (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Furnace Complex (within shouting distance of this marker); Waterline (within shouting distance of this marker); Charcoal Kilns (within shouting distance of this marker); The Smelting Process (within shouting distance of this marker); Machine Shop (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Garden.
More about this marker. Marker is a large, rectangular composite plaque, mounted horizontally on a waist-high wooden post.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Fayette Historic State Park
Also see . . .
1. Fayette Historic State Park. Fayette was once one of the Upper Peninsula's most productive iron-smelting operations. Fayette grew up around two blast furnaces, a large dock, and several charcoal kilns, following the post-Civil War need for iron. Nearly
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
2. Fayette Industrial District (view along trail from marker)
2. Fayette Historic State Park website. (Submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
3. Middle Income Frame Home
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
4. Middle Income Frame Home
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
5. Working Class Cabin Foundation
Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
