Sturgeon Bay, Michigan
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Sturgeon Bay was a small
The first mill was founded by Albert B. Klise in 1895, and a small town grew up around it. It was a large-scale operation that deemed a logging railway necessary. A railroad, Sturgeon Bay Railway, was built from the shore of Lake Michigan east about 14 miles (23 km) to within 2 miles (3 km) of
A post office was established on March 28, 1908, with Edward Ringler as postmaster. The
The town once boasted a saw mill, blacksmith shop, small general store, and a boarding house in addition to the post office. The exact date the mill closed is unknown, but it occurred sometime in 1913. Whether it was intentionally dismantled or was simply swept away by time is not known. Only a handful of known photographs of the town survive. The date the railroad was pulled is also unknown, but it was likely before 1920. A few dock pilings are still visible from the air, but most of the town was reclaimed by the sand dunes on which it was built.[citation needed]
Albert Klise was the mayor of the city of Petoskey, Michigan, when a fire destroyed much of the village of Cross Village, on September 27, 1918. Sturgeon Bay, now an abandoned logging village, and still under the ownership of the mayor, was offered to many of the 300 homeless people to use as shelter.[citation needed]
The beach in which this town was located is now home to the endangered piping plover, with many sections of the shoreline roped off to protect its nesting sites.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sturgeon Bay, Michigan
- ^ State of Michigan Department of Conservation, County Maps, 1950
- ^ "Sturgeon Bay Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.