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The theatrical performance we attended last night in Marquette was quite unusual in two respects. Firstly, it was staged in an active boat house! Built in the 1920’s for winter storage and maintenance of a 53 foot schooner, it has the same use today for a different vessel. In the summer, historical dramas are staged in the boat house with the intent of presenting and preserving local history.
Secondly, most of the story was conveyed by singing! This educational drama told the story of how Christmas trees were first shipped to market (Chicago) in the 1880’s from upper Michigan. The villain in this play is Lake Michigan’s unpredictable, late-autumn weather.
Driving across the UP, we were dwarfed by this 52’ high, fiberglass statue in Ironwood, MI --- a reminder that this was, and is, Hiawatha country.
Entering Ashland, WI, we spotted another relic like the one in Marquette. More knowledgeable this time, we recognized it at once. Good thing, for we will probably see many more of these ore docks in the Duluth area.
On the west side of Ashland is the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center:
I think you would have to search far and wide to find a more impressive and attractive building for dispensing tourist information.
Happily, we are now in the Duluth area and look forward to the start of our explorations tomorrow.