March 3, 2019 Journal — EPIC….Revealed

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frnash

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John, that has to be one of your best Journal entries in years.

[SIZE=-1] Stunning pictures!

This really brings back memories of my days in Houghton at MTU (ca. 1958-1964).

Particularly the picture of the sidewalks in front of the businesses in "beautiful downtown Burbank", er… Houghton —

I didn't have a car while I was there, so I[SIZE=-1] often had to schlep through the snow from the east end of campus to the Pic Theater or one of the local clothing stores in Houghton, (≈1.5 miles to the bridge) and occasionally across the rickety, broken, see-through walkways on the old swing bridge (before the current lift bridge was built) and on to the Kerridge Theater or Orpheum Theater[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] in Hancock[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] (≈2.5 miles in all, one way).

So many times the sidewalks in Houghton looked just like that![/SIZE][/SIZE]

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(Like he said! :))
 
dfattack

dfattack

Well-known member
agree as well.

I sent a link to it in an email to most of my family members who know the area. Hope there is way to make sure that journal never disappears.
 
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mnystrom

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Once and awhile you’d hear stories how the northwoods community’s would survive in the cold and snows during winters before gas powered machines. Loggers, farmers, and the general public had sleds pulled by horses. Most would only go to town in a emergency and would have plenty of rations to wait out the storms. The deep snows didn’t seem to slow down loggers as logs were easily pulled in the snows by horses. Trains kept on rolling to pick up logs to market. Farmers keep up on feeding livestock as it was there income and food. The photos of snowfall that you posted reminded me
of the generations of hard working families that pioneered the awesome north. Thnx John Dee
for sharing!
 
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skidoo mxz

Member
I enjoyed it too John. I thought we had a lot of snow here is Rhinelander... We do, but I think you have us beat. lol
 
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