Near Garden in Delta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Warehouse Locations

Fayette Historic State Park

Warehouse Location Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013

1. Warehouse Location Marker

Inscription.
Fayette looks like a little Chicago this week; the harbor is full of boats and business is brisk.
Schoolcraft County Pioneer
1881

Four warehouses stood on a wharf off this point of land. Vessels like the steam barge Fayette imported general supplies, machinery, and bricks to Fayette and departed with cargoes of charcoal iron.

The Jackson Iron Company fleet included two schooners, the steam tugs Rummage and Jo. Harris, and several ore barges.

Erected by Fayette Historic State Park & Michigan Historical Center.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 45° 43.185′ N, 86° 40.132′ 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, near the old wharf and dock. 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. Sawmill Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Boarding House Site (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct

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line); Furnace Complex (about 400 feet away); The Smelting Process (about 400 feet away); Charcoal Kilns (about 500 feet away); Waterline (about 500 feet away); Furnace Complex, Upper Level (about 500 feet away); A Middle Class Neighborhood (about 600 feet away). 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 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

Marker detail: Four warehouses & schooner, circa 1891 image. Click for full size.

Source: Delta County Historical Society

2. Marker detail: Four warehouses & schooner, circa 1891

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.)

Former Warehouse Locations (<i>wide view along interpretive trail near marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 18, 2013

3. Former Warehouse Locations (wide view along interpretive trail near marker)

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 102 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 19, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2, 3. submitted on January 20, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.