The first Governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass was quoted when first seeing Lake Superior in 1820, "There are four Great Lakes and then there's one that's Superior."  Superior is notorious for it's wild storms, rugged wilderness, and raging blizzards. Its waters and shorelines are littered with shipwrecks. Ghost towns abound and abandoned mines that produced gold, silver and copper dot the landscape. Tales of this frontier rival those of the settling of the west and the real life characters were as ... more »

The first Governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass was quoted when first seeing Lake Superior in 1820, "There are four Great Lakes and then there's one that's Superior."  Superior is notorious for it's wild storms, rugged wilderness, and raging blizzards. Its waters and shorelines are littered with shipwrecks. Ghost towns abound and abandoned mines that produced gold, silver and copper dot the landscape. Tales of this frontier rival those of the settling of the west and the real life characters were as colorful. Murderers, outlaws and thieves, mixed with lumberjacks, miners, and sailors creating a culture found nowhere else in North America. The city at the mouth of Lake Superior, Sault Sainte Marie was founded in 1669 and is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. Its history is cut from the same cloth as Deadwood and Tombstone.

In this book you will find stories that take you from then to now, reflecting the history, culture, adventure, danger and excitement that abounds around Lake Superior. So, open up, slip into your long underwear (trust me, you'll need them), put on some hot coffee or pour yourself a shot and a beer, then hang on for some great reading.  Less