It's callled BRUCE CROSSING
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caged_beagle
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Or lovingly and commonly just referred to as.......Bruces.....eh!
Hey Helmi! Ya goin' up 'da line ta Broooces taday? If so, get me some dat Trenary Toast at 'da Settlers der, would 'ya? Tanks.
↑ Hows my UP dialect come across, frnash? heheheheh
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Hey Helmi! Ya goin' up 'da line ta Broooces taday? If so, get me some dat Trenary Toast at 'da Settlers der, would 'ya? Tanks.
↑ Hows my UP dialect come across, frnash? heheheheh
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garyl62
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Who axed you?
It's called BRUCE CROSSING — yes, and genuine rich local history!
My granddad was on the Settler's Co-op[SUP]2[/SUP] board for decades, probably from the 1930s or 1940s at least. He also yoosta sell da milk from his dairy farm to da Co-op creamery dat was just across da road (US-45) from da Co-op store. And as much baking as grandma did, they still bought that Trenary Toast[SUP]1[/SUP] at da Co-op store!
[A small "technical note on pronunciation:
([SUP]1[/SUP]) Trenary Toast[SUP][SUB]®[/SUB][/SUP], from the (click →) Trenary Home Bakery, Trenary, MI (est. 1928).
([SUP]2[/SUP]) The (click →) Settler's Co-op has been there in that same building (the west end of it, at least) right on the corner (more or less) in beautiful downtown Burbank, er … Bruce Crossing since 1917, so next year will be their 100th anniversary!
([SUP]3[/SUP]) The community was originally named Bruce's Crossing when its post office opened on March 5, 1888. The name came from the first postmaster, Donald M. Bruce, who owned a store at the crossing of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and the old Military Road. It was shortened to Bruce Crossing on August 13, 1891.
[Many's the time as a youngster I rode with my mom on that old coal fired DSS&A (DSS&A: "Damn Slow Service & Abuse " or "Dust, Sand, Soot & Ashes") to the depot in Bruce's, and later, after it closed, as far as Kenton, Sidnaw or Covington, where grandad would fetch us with his old pick-em up truck. That after riding the coal fired Michigan Central to Mackinaw City, the railroad ferry to St. Iggy, then the DSS&A up to Trout Lake where at ≈3AM they engaged in a tedious jarring, lurching hour or more of switching before heading west. Ahh, the sweet memories of youth.
]
Purdy much nailed it, except I don' tink any locals ever called it "Settlers". Da "Cooper-ative store" (accent on "Cooper", pronounced as in Dr. Sheldon Cooper of the "Big Bang Theory") or just "da Co-op", as in:
(Or perhaps more accurately just "… ve ko town …" — the Co-op store was the town!)
My granddad was on the Settler's Co-op[SUP]2[/SUP] board for decades, probably from the 1930s or 1940s at least. He also yoosta sell da milk from his dairy farm to da Co-op creamery dat was just across da road (US-45) from da Co-op store. And as much baking as grandma did, they still bought that Trenary Toast[SUP]1[/SUP] at da Co-op store!
Oh so formal! Back in da day, it was just plain "Bruce's"[SUP]3[/SUP].
[A small "technical note on pronunciation:
- "der" would be pronounced as in German, "der Spiegel, der Fuhrer", etc.
- "dere" is pronounced "dare", as in "I dare ya!" (c.f. "there").
([SUP]1[/SUP]) Trenary Toast[SUP][SUB]®[/SUB][/SUP], from the (click →) Trenary Home Bakery, Trenary, MI (est. 1928).
([SUP]2[/SUP]) The (click →) Settler's Co-op has been there in that same building (the west end of it, at least) right on the corner (more or less) in beautiful downtown Burbank, er … Bruce Crossing since 1917, so next year will be their 100th anniversary!
([SUP]3[/SUP]) The community was originally named Bruce's Crossing when its post office opened on March 5, 1888. The name came from the first postmaster, Donald M. Bruce, who owned a store at the crossing of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and the old Military Road. It was shortened to Bruce Crossing on August 13, 1891.
[Many's the time as a youngster I rode with my mom on that old coal fired DSS&A (DSS&A: "Damn Slow Service & Abuse " or "Dust, Sand, Soot & Ashes") to the depot in Bruce's, and later, after it closed, as far as Kenton, Sidnaw or Covington, where grandad would fetch us with his old pick-em up truck. That after riding the coal fired Michigan Central to Mackinaw City, the railroad ferry to St. Iggy, then the DSS&A up to Trout Lake where at ≈3AM they engaged in a tedious jarring, lurching hour or more of switching before heading west. Ahh, the sweet memories of youth.
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I always have heard it mentioned in all the ways noted above but never paid much attention til today.
I am always impressed by all the formatting in frnash's posts, it totally looks professional/neat and I wonder how long it takes to compose them, I know it would take me a hour to write the post above that is if I could figure out all the coding
I am always impressed by all the formatting in frnash's posts, it totally looks professional/neat and I wonder how long it takes to compose them, I know it would take me a hour to write the post above that is if I could figure out all the coding
cuzzinolaf
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How about Gogebic? Is it Go-Gee-Bic or Go-Geh-bic?
-MezzIt's actually an old Native American name for "Damn that's a long lake."
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[h=1]Bruce Crossing, MI train station[/h][FONT="][/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]<input type="text" class="meta-field edit-meta-field false-textarea false-edit-photo-title" wrap="on" tabindex="-1" data-rapid_p="47" style="font-family: "Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(33, 33, 36); border-width: initial; border-style: none; border-radius: 3px; width: 416.859px; outline: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(158, 164, 167) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; resize: none; position: absolute; top: -99999px; left: -99999px; right: auto; bottom: auto; display: block !important; overflow: scroll !important; height: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important;">[FONT="][/FONT][h=2]Built by the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad in Bruce Crossing, Michigan. Tracks are gone. It's now an arts & craft store with a nice new roof. 
[/h]arcticgeorge
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.........There's this Larry guy on AM 590 that's lived here his whole life and he's pronounces it Go-gee-bic but a lot of other natives like my friends at work say Go-geh-bic so either way from what I've heard.
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caged_beagle
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Purdy much nailed it, except I don' tink any locals ever called it "Settlers". Da "Cooper-ative store" (accent on "Cooper", pronounced as in Dr. Sheldon Cooper of the "Big Bang Theory") or just "da Co-op", as in: (Or perhaps more accurately just "… ve ko town …" — the Co-op store was the town!)
My granddad was on the Settler's Co-op[SUP]2[/SUP] board for decades, probably from the 1930s or 1940s at least. He also yoosta sell da milk from his dairy farm to da Co-op creamery dat was just across da road (US-45) from da Co-op store. And as much baking as grandma did, they still bought that Trenary Toast[SUP]1[/SUP] at da Co-op store!
Oh so formal! Back in da day, it was just plain "Bruce's"[SUP]3[/SUP].
[A small "technical note on pronunciation:
So "Dere ya go!"]
- "der" would be pronounced as in German, "der Spiegel, der Fuhrer", etc.
- "dere" is pronounced "dare", as in "I dare ya!" (c.f. "there").
([SUP]1[/SUP]) Trenary Toast[SUP][SUB]®[/SUB][/SUP], from the (click →) Trenary Home Bakery, Trenary, MI (est. 1928).
([SUP]2[/SUP]) The (click →) Settler's Co-op has been there in that same building (the west end of it, at least) right on the corner (more or less) in beautiful downtown Burbank, er … Bruce Crossing since 1917, so next year will be their 100th anniversary!
([SUP]3[/SUP]) The community was originally named Bruce's Crossing when its post office opened on March 5, 1888. The name came from the first postmaster, Donald M. Bruce, who owned a store at the crossing of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway and the old Military Road. It was shortened to Bruce Crossing on August 13, 1891.
[Many's the time as a youngster I rode with my mom on that old coal fired DSS&A (DSS&A: "Damn Slow Service & Abuse " or "Dust, Sand, Soot & Ashes") to the depot in Bruce's, and later, after it closed, as far as Kenton, Sidnaw or Covington, where grandad would fetch us with his old pick-em up truck. That after riding the coal fired Michigan Central to Mackinaw City, the railroad ferry to St. Iggy, then the DSS&A up to Trout Lake where at ≈3AM they engaged in a tedious jarring, lurching hour or more of switching before heading west. Ahh, the sweet memories of youth.
I'm from Trenary so a HUGE fan of the toast......and I live 25 miles from "Bruce's" now and for the last 20 years, we have always called it Bruces or goin' to Settlers. Only place within 100 miles I can get the toast.
Thanks for your take on the history and experience, frnash!!!!!!
BAZINGA! Love it.
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Does not the depot sign read BRUCES CROSSING????