. Summer in Northen Michigan . d development of our nation. Apart from all the romance and lovelinessof this wonderful isle are the historic associa-tions connected with it, and when we hear thestudent of history talk familiarly of Marquette,Hennepin, Nicollet and La Salle, we find ithard to realize that they were here before theMayflower brought the Puritans to Plymouth. The old fort stands on a rocky eminenceabove the town and is garrisoned by a smallbody of United States troops. Old block-houses pierced with port-holes still remain onthe battlements, dating back through morethan a century.
. Summer in Northen Michigan . d development of our nation. Apart from all the romance and lovelinessof this wonderful isle are the historic associa-tions connected with it, and when we hear thestudent of history talk familiarly of Marquette,Hennepin, Nicollet and La Salle, we find ithard to realize that they were here before theMayflower brought the Puritans to Plymouth. The old fort stands on a rocky eminenceabove the town and is garrisoned by a smallbody of United States troops. Old block-houses pierced with port-holes still remain onthe battlements, dating back through morethan a century. SUMMER IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Tourists will be sure to visit the many pointsof interest—Arch Rock, Fort Holmes, BritishLanding, Lovers Leap, Maidens Rock, DevilsKitchen, Chimney Rock, Sugar Loaf, ScottsCave, the old Battle Ground, Robinsons Folly, etc., familiar to many through worksof history and fiction. All of Northern Michigans many attrac-tions are within easy reach. Powerful steamferries run in connection with the Grand. GRAND HOTEL. MACKINAC ISLAND. Rapids & Indiana Railroad from Mackinaw by but one in America—may be reached every City to the Island and St. Ignace. Bois Blanc day and some of the points nearly every hour Island, Skilligalee Light, Point St. Helena in the day. Light, the Cheneaux, or Spectacle Reef Light The hotel accommodations on the Island —the finest on the Great Lakes and surpassed will this season be all that could be desired SUMMER IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. The large new hotel, The Grand, will openabout June 25th. The hotel is located on abluff two hundred feet above the lake, over-looking the Straits. It is 650 feet in length,four stories in height, has all modern conven-iences and will accommodate one thousandguests. The other hotels are the John Jacob AstorHouse, Island House, Mission House, TheNew Mackinac, The New Murray, Lake View,Palmer House, Grand Central, etc. As a health resort this Island cannot be sur-passed, and the testimony of every
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