Document Type
Division and Classification Essay
Publication Date
1994
Excerpt
Every day of the summer, tourist after tourist leaves mainland Michigan to visit Mackinac Island, located near the top point of the lower peninsula of Michigan in Lake Huron. Its green grass, always trimmed, and its nationally know lilac trees amaze any visitor. The island captures history because it goes back in time to the 1800's, operating with only four motorized vehicles--two fire engines. an ambulance, and a police car--besides the yard up-keep vehicles. Bicycles and horses provide the only other transportation besides walking. Staff, dressed to look like soldiers in the wool uniforms of the time period, re-enact rifle shooting, court martials, cannon firings, and craft demonstrations in the island's main attraction, Fort Mackinac.
Recommended Citation
Catlin, Stephanie, "The Tourists I Meet (1994)" (1994). The Valpo Core Reader. 283.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/283