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Port Sheldon Boom Fades After 1838 Prospects
A letter in the Michigan Historical Collections recounts Port Sheldon’s brief boom in 1838, with plans for a harbor, hotel, railroad, and ships from Philadelphia investors. Laborers earned up to 26 dollars a month as speculation fizzled two years later, the hotel was razed, and pillars shipped to Grand Rapids. Luc ia Brown of St. Paul sent the letter to Mrs. James K. Pollock in 1940.
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Port Sheldon
Michigan
Michigan Historical Collections
University of Michigan
Pigeon Lake
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Salmon- Kingsley
Nankin
Mich
G. M. Barker
Memee
Jandon
Washington
Grand Rapids
Lucia Brown
St. Paul
James K. Pollock