Market Street Mackinac Island, Michigan
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GT.US
N 45° 51.010 W 084° 37.138
16T E 684864 N 5080157
This sign is outside the Stuart House City Museum on Mackiac Island, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM76P5
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2009
Views: 22
This is oner of the oldest Historical Markers I have seen.
The sign Reads
"During the peak of the fur trade this street bustled with activity. Each July and August Indians, traders and trappers by the thousands came here with furs from throughout the Northwest. In 1817, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Co. located its headquarters here. Furs valued at $3,000,000 went through the Market Street offices in 1822. After 1834 the trade moved westward. "
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