He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. An avid fan of nature, birds and travel, Ford not only delivered a way to explore Michigan, but he led by example. The schedule planned for completion in time for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, to be held in San Francisco, the western terminus of the Highway, whose other end started in New York City. I was the last to join the group for a swim, but no one seemed to mind. Don't neglect these 6 maintenance tasks - or else, Debunked! This configuration, where M-35 ran concurrently with US-41 from Founded in the 1890s by wealthy white Midwest outdoor enthusiasts qua enviro-capitalists, the HMC sits on more than 8,000 hectares of old-growth hardwood forest. TBD Huron Mountain Club Rd, Update, MI 49808 | MLS# 10058258 | Redfin SOLD APR 28, 2022 Street View TBD Huron Mountain Club Rd, Update, MI 49808 $84,138 Redfin Estimate Beds Baths 41.30 Acres (Lot) Off Market This home last sold for $62,000 on Apr 28, 2022. We don't know exactly how this is split up among members, but as Mayor states above, the largest burden is on the 50 "regular members.". During World War II, the factory produced military gliders. the automotive industry and enabled the "common man" to afford his very own in a time where real wood was used!) through the Yellow Dog Plains to the south of the main Huron Mountain range. Henry Ford's iconic tire tracks lead to dozens of historic sites around the U.P., including a 30-plus mile scenic two-track between Big Bay and L'Anse. The Steel Bridge survived a catastrophic flood in May 2003 when a dam upstream burst. work performed, if any. Upper Peninsula and Ford-operated railroads fanned out to the east into As we bobbed through this glacial lake, the newly changing leaves danced like seasonal glitter before they landed on us. Randy Annala is the father of one of my (Kaye's) best friends. The Huron Mountain Club is a private club whose land holdings in Marquette County constitute one of the largest tracts of primeval forest in the Great Lakes region. Industrialists like Ford, Edison, and tire magnate Harvey Firestone became concerned that the war would disrupt the importation of natural rubber. To help his causethat of Burroughs came home rejuvenated. The insularity of land makes it beautiful, desirable. At this fork, turn right at the Office sign, (100 yards before you get to a small Stop sign and the main bridge over Pine River. You could get a job there and work for the Huron Mountain Club. Either way, Henry found a way to leverage his power to gain membershipand it all had to do with public road building. A compass and topographic map are absolute necessities. 510 / Dead River Bridge, Steel Bridge on Marquette County Road 510, Michigan. Back in the 50's the government was considering making this area a National Park but the deep wallets of the club members convinced them otherwise. There are several ways: Archer Mayor spent one winter at the club doing research for the book, so he got in as an invited employee, and a guest, which he says is the key. Unfortunately for the Lincoln Highway Association, the one industrialist whose support would likely have guaranteed its success, Henry Ford, did not believe private funding would be sufficient for the countrys highway needs. Moreover, these lands provide carbon sequestration, recycling the air for humans in our shared (even though unequally shared) habitation of this planet. Our frontage and forest acreage lie two miles inside the guarded gates and 22,000 protected acres of the legendary Huron Mountain Club that surrounds us, 26 miles north of Marquette. There are 50 regular members who have voting rights, own cabins and share equally in ownership of the property. How do you get in? 1950s when the portion of US-41 and M-28 from 906 345-9323, Conflict of Interest Policy | It does, however, feel that ownership of that navigable river lies with the property of the club, which was founded in 1889 to conserve what at the time were diminishing natural resources of the Great Lakes region. John Dunlop didnt patent the shock absorbing air-filled pneumatic bicycle tire until 1888. and even brought close friends Harvey Firestone and According to MDOT, the Huron Mountains, transporting logs to his mills at Alberta. Finally, the Michigan Attorney General issued an opinion that said that if two-thirds of the property over which a road would pass was owned by people who opposed the road, that would be sufficient to overcome eminent domain and the road would be blocked. confusion about the future of the entire corridor, as the entire portion Photo by Andrew Thomas, September, 2017. Because no members of the club would talk to us, this information is all sourced from other news articles, the club's tax returns, plat maps, excerpts from the now out-of-print book The Huron Mountain Club: The first 100 years, and a very gracious interview given by its author, Archer Mayor (who we should mention has also written a best-selling 28-book series of crime novels). 65 miles, via highway. region represents one of the most extensive and best preserved tracts of prime- val forest in the state. number you provided, including marketing by autodialer and prerecorded and artificial voice, and being shown as with the "IMPASSABLE" label through the Huron Mountains. Her research spans twentieth and twenty-first century transnational American literature and culture. Ford, however, had his eye set on becoming a member of the ultra-exlcusive Many people approach the Huron Mountains from the east, where County Road 550 climbs 30 miles out of Marquette to the tiny town of Big Bay (population 270). Originally, the membership at large voted on admissions and four no votes meant rejection. Proceed about 5 miles (on County Road KK) to the end of the paved road and the Huron Mountain Club gate. mid-section of M-35 was removed from the maps, the remaining "spurs" from as well as to avoid operations at the Empire Mine north of Palmer.). Environmental risk data is provided by Risk Factor, From Mayor's book: There is no hard proof on what finally made him successful, but there are interesting circumstances. He helped shape the states early tourism industry in more ways than one. "There was a rule that was still existent when I was doing my research; I have no idea if it's still alive, but you had to dress semi-formally, coat and tie for gentlemen, dresses for the ladies, you had to be so accoutred when you came to dinner each and every night. Though Burroughs died in 1921, these so called Vagabonds camping trips would continue until 1924. The Marquette Regional History Centers archives contain extensive Ford files from the county and beyond. I mean both difference that is enforced by academic disciplines (such as separation of the sciences and humanities) as well as those ideological differences that are highlighted in public conversations about the environment and climate change. Lovells Historical Museumlovellsmuseum.com, Marquette Regional Historical Centermarquettehistory.org, Ford Bungalowmichigan.org/property/the-henry-ford-bungalow, Ford Center, Albertamtu.edu/forest/fordcenter, Michigamme Historical Museummichigammetownship.com/michigamme-museum. AuthorArcher Mayorwas hired by the members to write a history about the club to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1989. Be wealthy and wait for a membership spot to open up (only 50 full members are allowed). All of this is a problem. All four men, though, understood the value of publicity. For more information, contact the Ottawa National Forest Ranger District (4810 E. M-28, Kenton, 906/852-3500). century, very few state-maintained roads ran along the Great Lakes shorelines. So, dinner was not something where gentlemen could even take off their jackets if it was stifling hot, and it was stiflingly hot because there was no air conditioning in the early days.". So I started to wonder, how might that logic help me make sense of our time at the field station, located on this continents Third Coast? The increased number of people using their personal automobiles for leisure travel was another group that wanted better roads. Staff included chefs, waiters, and waitresses, while members brought their chauffeurs, maids, and butlers, to make roughing it as comfortable as possible. With even modest elevations, their watersheds mean lots of rivers and waterfalls. Driving from Marquette to the Clubs main office (from Wright Street), Head north at the roundabout with a convenience store on the corner onto Sugarloaf Rd. This condition was only temporary, perhaps due to Transportation began to change dramatically in 1903, with the founding of the Ford Motor Company and its release of the first Model T in Detroit in 1908. And, they have supported it seriously as a result. In this context, sharing knowledge across disciplinary boundaries takes on a sense of urgency. Annala says he and a childhood friend got a little bit obsessed. Via GPS Huron Mountain Club, 4700 N. County Road KK, Big Bay, MI 49808. Within its boundaries lie towering virgin pines, blue ribbon trout streams, and pristine lakes. [Receive Michigan Radio news right in your inbox by signing up for our newsletters]. That's right near the Douglass Houghton Falls.Curtis said he's always wondered how, The Huron Mountain Club: The first 100 years, Judge: Oxford Schools, staff immune from shooting lawsuits, Flint launching new public notification system, Winter storm brings thundersnow, airport closure, and more power outages, New effort to expand MI low-income tax credit introduced in Lansing, Michigan lawmakers introduce legislation to ban life sentences for those 18 and under, Medical historian: The pandemic's not over, and COVID-19 is still a deadly disease, Gov. designation is shown on official highway maps for the first time in early Adding sub-categories of non-voting and non-cabin-owning members helped the bottom line somewhat, butagain as the book points outthe heaviest financial burden falls and has always fallen on the fifty full members.". No members or employees would agree to talk to us about the club. Michigan was a perfect area to test drive many of his new vehicles. Robert Kreipke. Associate members have no voting rights and no rights in the distribution of the organization's assets in the event of its dissolution. It was exclusive then and its not cheap to belong today. But everyone will agree that they fall within the vague boundaries of Lake Superior to the north and east and U.S. 41 to the south and west. The place is considerably pared down from its excessive glory years of the roaring 20's. You would travel out there many a mile through dirt road[s], and if you were a member of the club and you had to call your office or home or something like that, that's how you had to do it. But, back to Lindaus question. Once the private wilderness retreat of Cyrus McCormick, whose father invented the reaping machine, the 27-square-mile McCormick Wilderness was willed to the U.S. Forest Service by his family in 1967. 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Last September, I was invited to go mushroom hunting with a group of mycologists, visual artists, a poet, and a literary scholar at the Ives Lake Field Station, a restricted-access research station on Michigans Upper Peninsula located within the Huron Mountain Club. then terminated at US-41/M-28 east On a map youll see its an intriguing parcel of land, virtually devoid of towns and roads. A road, route M-35, was being constructed and was supposed to head right through club property. 1953, however it is unclear whether M-35 signs appeared along that route The middle of the routethe He fell in love with the place he christened White Deer Lake. The eastern leg was completed in 1926 and the western leg by 1932. Though locals grumble about the lack of access to the property, the Huron Mountain Club has proved to be an exceptional steward of the land. Sara Thomas is a Literary Studies Ph.D. student in the English Department at the University of WisconsinMadison and a member of the Edge Effects editorial board. The club is more about conservation these days. published on April 8, 2015 by Jacob Emerick. 550 North & Big Bay. The three men met at the Pan Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco, where Edison was being honored and, on a whim, decided to visit botanist and plant chemist Luther Burbank at his lab in Santa Rosa about 55 miles north of the city. Well, it all started when Elizabeth Lindau posed this question to our MI Curious project: "Can I get into the Huron Mountain Club? "Well, on the back road then when we got there, lo and behold there was this blasted big gate that had all these warning signs, 'Warning: Huron Mountain Club'," he said. The effects to the route of M-35, however, were not immediate. Insularity makes islands appear remote and parochial instead of interconnected. M-35 The Upper Peninsula is also not very large and its surrounded on three sides by Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan. Several portions of these lakeshore "You had to travel almost to Big Bay, and there was a little cabin with a phone on a table. acreage in Marquette County adjacent to the HMC holdings including land From my vantage point, the concept of insularityso important to the study of islandsmakes sense here. nice grade with long, sweeping curvesthe type one would find on He seems to have genuinely loved the region. An Island in Grand Traverse Bay Lake Michigan Islands Volume 1, by Kathleen Craker Firestone, Camping in Cloverland with Henry Ford, by Guy Forstrom, The Last Days of Henry Ford, by Henry Dominguez, The History of Pequaming, by Earl L. Doyle and Ruth B. MacFaralane. in a three-way concurrency of US-41/M-28/M-35 Ford had massive land holdings in Michigans Upper Peninsula, more than a half million acres of pine and hardwoods he needed to produce the wood used to produce his cars. The group was so elite, Ford originally was on the waiting list to join. membership, if ever. of northwestern Marquette and northeastern Baraga counties, then southwesterly In other words, its perfect for backcountry hiking and camping. As mentioned, Henry and Clara first tried to join in 1917, but the official history of the club says that Fords public image and fame concerned members that his membership might bring unwanted attention and publicity. The 138-mile Au Sable River was as popular then as it is now, with private clubs and lodges popping up along the riverbanks to attract anglers. US-2 along the north shore of Lake Michigan and US-23 on the Lake Huron shore were early examples. At that time, this area was Between 1915 and 1924, Ford and a group of friends began taking extensive camping trips throughout the eastern United States. But like the National Park Service, the HMC deployed the myth of wilderness and the both nave and hubristic belief that certain humans can create or sustain such a thing. In the 1920s, Henry Ford himself wanted to become a member The Club is home to 20,000 acres of old-growth forests, streams & inland lakes. The Risk Factor models are designed to approximate risk and not intended to include all possible scenarios. (There is a reason why early bicycles were known as boneshakers.) The history of the United States is the history of private property and the privatization of the non-human world. We started off by reaching out to current club members and to folks who have connections to the club. It has kept away the loggers, miners, and developers, leaving what some consider the most magnificent wilderness remaining in the Midwest. Oddly enough, Ford's wife, Clara, was unimpressed with the "cabin" and the Fords left the Club not long after. at Pequaming, one of his company towns in Baraga Co on the Keweenaw Bay. Baraga to Rockland was redesignated as M-38 and the concurrent portion of In 1927, Henry Ford bought land that essentially stopped road construction in its tracks. 4. What the Huron Mountains do have, however, is peaks and valleys, virgin white pine forests, hundreds of lakes, waterfalls that dont appear on maps, and the headwaters of several classic wilderness rivers, far more wildlife than people, and utter silence. Richard Bowman, archivist and director of library services at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners shares these camping trips often involved as many as 50 Ford Motor Company vehicles carrying monogrammed tents, equipment and staff. This is where Henry Ford and the future of M-35 crossed Backtracking Approximately 25 miles north of US-41/M-28 at its intersection with Triple A (AAA) Rd, On this McCormick chose the site for a cluster of log and stone cabins,a grand camp, unparalleled anywhere in the world. Fisher said it would cost $10 million to build. Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company didnt just own thousands of acres of land in southeastern Michigan. Personnel at Huron Mountain Club. Now, that was before cell phones. Co Rd 510 southwest of Big Bay to the corner of Skanee & Portice Rds When Michigans state trunklines were first laid out and built in the nineteen teens, highway planners deliberately avoided running them along the Great Lakes shorelines, likely for winter driving safety. He started it as a simple "shooting and fishing club," and had to work to drum up enough memberships to run the place. One of the NHAs first projects was publishing a map of its proposed system of National Highways, a 50,000 mile network of roads that Davis characterized as a broad and comprehensive system of National Highways, built, owned, and maintained by the National Government. The association cited defense and military purposes to promote its system of national highways, presaging one of the Eisenhower administrations rationales for starting the Interstate Highway system in the 1950s. About This Home Formed circa 1890, the club consists of 50 dwellings clustered inside about 20,000 acres (31 sq mi; 8,100 ha) of private land, encompassing the Huron Mountains area. According to Burroughs account, Ford also served as chief mechanic for the Vagabonds, fixing any machinery that needed repair. And I think that explains in large part how the club has been able to survive for as long as it has, because these people are, and I think quite rightfully, devoted to something they have really created of their own.". the public at large. Fred Rydholm, an Attorney General's opinion helped seal the fate of M-35 In fact, most roads ran well inland of the 'big lakes.' official map shows the section as being removed.) Twenty-two miles southeast is the Michigamme Historical Museum, which features an exhibit focused on Fords impact on the community. The money the Huron Mountain Club has eaten up of its devoted members is extraordinary.". It also seems as We'll get to the downright practical ways you might get into the club below. About 300 yards later, there is a cluster of buildings and another three-way fork. of M-35 from US-41/M-28 between 35 continues for approximately four miles, with the quality of the road decreasing gradually over that distance. The route itself has a very routings were built, such as US-2 between You couldnt see more than a foot or two down. Go about four miles. Henry Ford loved exploring the outdoors and was always seeking adventure, says Robert Kreipke corporate historian for Ford Motor Company. Naturalist Aldo Leopold produced a plan for preserving the tract in 1938. (not allowed to own a cabin), which resulted in extremely limited and exclusive If any club members are reading this -- we know two people named Elizabeth and Randy who would love to come for dinner! Public access to the Salmon Trout River has been a contentious issue with area fishermen, who've accused the club's guards of harassment.
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