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Thread #71495   Message #1223951
Posted By: GUEST,Art Thieme
12-Jul-04 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Art's GREAT TURTLE DRIVE tall tale
Subject: RE: Folklore: Art's GREAT TURTLE DRIVE tall tale
Yes, that's pretty much the way to do it---what Mr. Kallixk (B.K.) just said. It took me a while to figure stuff out myself--but, like that fish in Finding Nemo, I have no recent memory these days, So I seem to need to read the directions avery time I go there to re-learn my way.

And I did just send Bruce a photo of the entrance and steps of Italian Hall in Maquette, Michigan--Upper Peninsula (the U.P.)--with a short blurb on "The 1913 Massacre" that took place there.

The Italian Hall has been torn down.

If you want to get a real feel for the U.P. of Michigan--and particularly the Keweenaw Peninsula, the mines and the tough times there over the years--listen to Craig Johnson's songs --- especially "The Keweenaw Light" (called "The Banks Of Cold Waters" by some)---and "Fire In The Jackpines" (known as "The Soo Line" to some). I recorded both of them on the CD called THAT'S THE TICKET on Folk Legacy Records. www.folklegacy.com

Art