MANDAN
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NAME: Mandan COUNTY: Keweenaw ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Heavy snow in the winter-200+ inches, --Cool humid summers BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer |
COMMENTS:
Mandan is located down a dirt-road off
US41 (just past Delaware, q.v.); it is one of the few ghost towns to be
clearly marked with a sign. REMAINS: There are several concrete foundations (of the school, the store, and other buildings) in the thick undergrowth and among the trees; there are also a few frame houses--some of which have fallen in, some of which have been "re-habbed" and are used during the summer months. |
| Although Mandan owes its existence to a mine which was opened in the 1850s, its long-term existence (compared to many other nearby towns such as Delaware) was due to its becoming a major stop on the Keweenaw Central Railroad. In the early years of the 20th century, it had a population of over 300; its post office opened in 1908, and didn't close until 1931. By the mid-1930s, the long-term effect of the mine closure and the shutting down of the railroad turned it into a ghost town. . Submitted by: Chuck Meyer and Kurt Wenner. |
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