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Garden, Michigan
Photo: Rklawton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fayette was an iron-smelting town founded in 1867 by the Jackson Iron Company, with a peak of about 500 people, and its furnaces produced more than 229,000 tons of iron before the company closed in 1891 when hardwood ran short. It later served as a summer resort and became a state park in 1959. The furnace complex, town hall, hotel and workers' homes stand, with eleven restored and open as exhibits.
State historic park on the Garden Peninsula; a Recreation Passport is required, and the townsite is open mainly in warm months.
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