Traveltrivia
Test your Michigan Geography IQ
(© 2006 Randy Karr)

Patricia Majeski, Fred Black, Deborah Black, Elly Willis and Beverly Bandt tied in the October TravelTrivia. Deborah Black won the drawing and is the October winner! Congratulations to all! TravelTrivia winners will receive a free, one-year subscription to The Lakeshore Guardian mailed to their home or a Lakeshore Guardian T-shirt. The October answers are below. Now, let's see how you do with these Travel Trivia Questions. Answers due November 15.

1. Which of the following artifacts are parts of The Henry Ford's newest, permanent exhibit? (Answer in Sightseers)
   
   
   1. An 1870 suffrage newspaper, The Revolution, edited by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
   2. An 1852 edition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
   3. The chair in which President Abraham Lincoln sat when John Wilkes Booth assassinated him at Ford's Theater.
   4. A 1776 copy of Common Sense, Thomas Paine's pamphlet calling for the union of the American colonies.
   5. A hand-written copy of the Bill of Rights, signed by President Thomas Jefferson.
      
      
2. At a trading post once located near Gull Point, stories circulated that Indians found silver in the forest bordering Lake Superior. Hopeful miners rushed into the area to search for the source of the silver nuggets being sold to traders by local Indians. Thirty miners found enough silver along the Little Iron River to warrant building a stamping mill. For the next three years, this town turned into a silver mining boomtown. As wealth and homesteaders began to pour in, the town was platted by Daniel Beaser, who named the town after himself and the streets after his favorite Civil War heroes. The town had two other names besides Beaser - Iron River and the name by which it is known today. Name this Upper Peninsula city.
   
   
3. This museum, located on a 180-acre cherry farm, gained international fame for its rare musical instruments and music-making machines dating from the 1870s through the 1930s. Among its musical marvels is "one of the eight great inventions of the new century" - an automatic violin player, and a 1924 Mighty Wurlitzer organ that came from Detroit's 1900-seat Cinderella Theater. Name this museum that is located between Acne and Elk Rapids.
   
   
4. The Audubon Society established its first sanctuary in Michigan to protect the nesting and migratory staging area of the world's oldest living bird species, the Greater Sandhill Crane. The Sandhill Crane is one of only two crane species native to North America. The Audubon Society has made a significant contribution to restoring Michigan's crane population. Recently, more than 6,700 Sandhill Cranes have been recorded at the sanctuary, as well as more than 200 other species of birds. The sanctuary contains nearly 900 acres of varied habitat, ideal for cranes that stand four to five feet tall and have a wingspan of up to seven feet. Name this wildlife sanctuary, located south of Bellevue and north of Turkeyville.
   
   
5. True or False: The National House is Michigan's oldest operating inn. It is located in Marshall, a town named by the National Trust of Historic Preservation as one of its "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" in the USA.

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October Answers (1) Wyoming (2) Luce and Newberry (3) Port Hope (4) Lansing (5) Either answer