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| Michigan Ghost Towns Revisited -- (2003) Grant Awarded: August 2003 Type of Grant: Public Humanities Development Grant Sponsors: Livonia Historical Society and the Redford Township Historical & Genealogical Society Contact: Eugene Scott, 734-523-7844, genocam@htdconnect.com Award: $8,000 Website: - FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE -- September 13, 2005 “MICHIGAN SHADOW TOWNS” PUBLISHED Book highlights 128 communities in 64 counties that have survived economic demise (LANSING)-----The Livonia Historical Society and the Michigan Humanities Council announce the launching of the book, Michigan Shadow Towns, a compilation of the histories of 128 small communities in 64 of the state’s 83 counties. Michigan Shadow Towns is partially funded by an $8,000 grant from the Michigan Humanities Council and is co-sponsored by the Livonia Historical Society and Redford Township Historical and Genealogical Society. A listing of the towns and counties presented in the book is below. Michigan Shadow Towns describes villages, most of them unincorporated, which have survived near or total demises generally caused by local economic failures and one or more significant declines in population. Many of them had been reported or written off as ghost towns. Some of the towns are still declining and likely to vanish altogether while others have come back from near ghost town status to become more vibrant than before. “ These villages are among hundreds in the state which have remained tenacious despite tough times in their histories,” stated Gene Scott, author of Michigan Shadow Towns. “Their stories typify the resilient character of many of Michigan’s lesser known places off the beaten path." Michigan Shadow Towns is the result of three years of study of more than 750 towns in every county in Michigan. The study included correspondence, surveys, and interviews with local historians, librarians, town and township officials, elderly and long-time residents, postmasters, storekeepers, and other townspeople in each of the 128 communities. It also included examination of reference and archival materials at state, regional, county, local and university libraries and correspondence and interviews with numerous Michigan history authors and researchers. The 260-page
book’s town histories are concisely and compactly presented with
early 200 photographs and maps. The town histories are presented in three
main sections, the first two covering 84 villages in 49 lower peninsula
counties and a third section covering 44 towns in the upper peninsula
counties. Each town history includes highlights of its early history,
heyday, decline, and survival, and reasons why the village is hanging
on or thriving. The town histories include prominent figures in Michigan
history and others involved in their primary industries. The book is Scott’s
third on Michigan town histories. His previous book in 2001 on Detroit’s
early villages was distributed to Detroit area schools and libraries under
a Detroit tricentennial grant. Limited copies of Michigan Shadow Towns are available at a nominal cost ($18 inc. $3 shipping). For details, write or call Gene Scott, 8861 Utah, Livonia, Michigan 48150; phone: 734-523-7844; e-mail: genocam@htdconnect.com. The Michigan Humanities Council, founded in 1974, is the state’s independent, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. VILLAGES IN “MICHIGAN SHADOW TOWNS” LISTED BY COUNTY LOWER PENINSULA ALCONA COUNTY UPPER PENINSULA ALGER COUNTY ### |
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