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Saturday, May 16, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
Trail Experience Coming January 31
Grab your Saturday date and head over to Fayette!
Join us for a unique winter experience at Fayette Historic
State Park. Old-fashioned kerosene lanterns will illuminate the Bluff Trail for
cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and hiking. Visitors are asked to park in the
plowed area near the contact station. From there, a friendly fire will mark
your starting point, and hot chocolate and marshmallows will be available upon
your return. For more information, please call the park at 906-644-2603.
Fayette Historic State Park - Lantern-Lit Skiing,
Snowshoeing and Hiking Trail
Date: January 31,
2015
Time: 06:00 PM -
08:00 PM
Location: Fayette Historic State Park, 4785 II Road, Garden,
MI 49835
Monday, November 17, 2014
New Fence at Fayette
Your Donations Doubled; New Fence Installed
Last year, we received funding from donors and from the Passport Match program to pay for a
new fence behind the furnace complex. The Friends’ funding of $5,573.37 was
doubled, and $11,146.74 was available to pay for the project. This September,
the new 600-foot fence was installed! Photos below show the beautiful results. Thank
you to our donors, who made it possible!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Trillium
Spring has finally sprung! The woods are alive with the white and green carpet of a storybook fantasy. Come see! It won't last long!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Lantern-Lit Trail Event Jan. 25 6-8 PM
Saturday, January 25, 6-8 PM
Join us for the lantern-lit trail event!
Walk-Ski-Snowshoe your way around the trail at Fayette Historic State Park. Warm up by the bonfire. Make yourself a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy some cold weather camaraderie! See you there!
Friday, December 13, 2013
Christmas at Fayette in 1878
Last time we learned about an incident at a turkey shoot on Thanksgiving Day 1879.
From the Escanaba Iron Port of January
11, 1879, we learn about an accident at a turkey shoot that took place on Christmas Day of 1878:
"We regret to learn that
Capt. Colwell, of the tug Joe Harris, met with quite a severe accident at a
turkey shoot given at Fayette on Christmas day.
It appears that while waiting for his turn to shoot, the Captain had
rested his Winchester rifle on his foot, muzzle downward. In some unaccountable manner it was
discharged. The ball went partially
between the toes, but the wound was very much lacerated and burnt by the
closeness of the gun. He is now doing as
well as could be expected, but it may lay him up some time yet."
Kind of makes you wonder about the Fayette men of yesteryear and their marksmanship skills.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Thanksgiving Day, 1879, at Fayette
When we think of the olden days and
men going out to shoot a turkey for Thanksgiving Day, we envision them heading
off into the woods, rifles in tow, tracking the whereabouts of Mr. Tom and
carefully taking aim.
You’d think that could have happened
at Fayette during the company town era from 1867-1891, and indeed turkeys were
shot there, but it’s not what you expect.
At Fayette, they had a rifle club and
a range and some live turkeys. They fastened the birds, one at a time, to a
target, and then someone took aim and killed the bird. Not exactly sporting.
In 1879, evidently the weather did
not cooperate for the annual Thanksgiving Day turkey shoot. The newspaper
reported that due to an all-day rain, half the turkeys provided for the shoot
were left at the end of the day and were to be auctioned off on Saturday night.
In addition, a “close call” was
reported as follows in the Escanaba Iron Port issued on November 29, 1879.
“One of the men attending target on
Thursday [Thanksgiving Day] had a very close call. He was kneeling at the target fastening a
turkey, when a shootist let drive and killed the bird in his hands. He didn’t tend target any more, fancying the
occupation unhealthy.”
So there you go. That’s how it was done at Fayette.
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