You’ll find Union, Michigan’s ghost town remnants as a reminder to 19th-century frontier ambition. Founded by Bohemian immigrants and wealthy investors like Alex Joudon, this lumber settlement boasted 142 blocks, sawmills, and a $40,000 hotel during its peak. After the 1837 wildcat banking crisis and timber depletion, Union gradually declined into abandonment. Today, stone foundations, railroad tracks, and settler artifacts tell a broader story of Michigan’s resource-driven boom-and-bust cycles.
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11.1 What Happened to the Original Inhabitants After Union Became a Ghost Town?…