Workers of the Jackson Iron Company probably sweated on summer days laboring near the two large blast furnaces of the ore smelting business, but probably would enjoy the heat on these sub-zero temperature days.
The late 1800s unique company town Fayette, located on Michigan’s Garden Peninsula, was connected to neighboring communities by stagecoaches but the overland route to Escanaba took two days by stage, but only three hours by boat across Big Bay de Noc. In the winter, when the lake froze, residents could ride a stage sled across to Escanaba, although I wouldn’t have wanted to do that in the -30 to -40 wind chills of the last few days.
Fayette Blast Furnace
