[sergeantdave]

“I say we split this government and create our own.”

I’m familiar with what you’re saying. There have been a number of movements to split the UP away from lower Michigan going back to 1910.

Calumet, during its mining heyday, came very close to being named the new capital of Michigan.

Imagine the fat-ass politicians freezing their butts off in Calumet, under 250 inches of Lake Superior every winter. LOL!

I wandered into Michigan for no particular reason in 1977 after I left the military and discovered the KLA, the Keweenaw Liberation Front, at a Calumet bar called the Grey Hackle. A bunch of vets made it up just to piss off the jack-offs in Washington. I met a number of vets who are still my friends today.

The paranoid feds sent up a bunch of 50 IQ FBI stupidos to check it out. These bozo FBI morons took it seriously.

Long story short - the FBI still won’t admit that they’re fools who were fooled.

[Tainan]

found this - might be of interest: Pasty.com

In the early 1970's I delivered the Milwaukee Journal on 5th, 6th,7th & 8th streets in Calumet... There were still several bars, just in Calumet
Starting on fifth, heading north, there was
1-The Grey Hackle
2-315 Club (The Pub)
3-Red Garter Inn
4-L&L
5-College Inn
6-Sharons Bar (Yesterdays)
Turn onto Pine
7-Perko's Tavern(Next to Harters Party Store)
Turn south on Sixth
8-Pichitinos
9-Schuttes (Shutes)
10-Michigan House
11-Luigi's (actually on Portland)
Turn West on Portland
12-Pasich's (Corner of Portland and Eigth)
Turn North on Seventh
13-Al & Angies(Across from Eva's, destroyed by fire)
14-Eva's(Now Randys)
15-Grants(Corner of Oak and Seventh)
16-Eagles Club(Old Italian Hall)
17-Curtis Chappel had a bar near the corner of 8th and Oak also...Until he had an "incident" with the police
18-Ooops knew I'd forget one...The Town Pump on 6th
So, that's 18...did I forget any ??v All the proprietors were great customers... Great people... Many memories of my youth abound.

I'm thinking pickled eggs in big glass jars...with crackers

[crz]

I got a story like that that happened to us when I lived in Munising. We call the town SingSing. Once your there you just cant get out no matter how hard you try.

Later...the machine is waiting.