Near Garden in Delta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Boarding House Site
Fayette Historic State Park
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
1. Boarding House Site Marker
Many residents, like Annette and John DeVet, took in boarders to supplement their income. Typically, immigrant residents of similar nationalities lived together.
Erected by Fayette Historic State Park & Michigan Historical Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 45° 43.175′ N, 86° 40.226′ 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. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4785 II Road, Garden MI 49835, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Middle Class Neighborhood (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sawmill Site (about 300 feet away); Warehouse Locations (about 400 feet away); The Smelting Process (about 500 feet away); Waterline (about 600 feet away); Machine Shop (about 600 feet away); Furnace Complex
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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 500 residents — many immigrating from Canada, the British Isles, and northern Europe — lived in and near the town that existed to make pig iron. During 24 years of operation, Fayette's blast furnaces produced a total of 229,288 tons of iron, using local hardwood forests for fuel and quarrying limestone from the bluffs to purify the iron ore. (Submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Fayette Historic State Park website. (Submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Source: Michigan Historical Society
2. Marker detail: By 1907, the boarding house was in a state of disrepair
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
3. Boarding House Site Marker (wide view; boarding house foundation ruins behind marker)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
4. Boarding House Site (view from near marker)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013
5. Hotel
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 215 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
