GHOST TOWNS IN MI

GHOST TOWNS

• Villages began and didn't last
• Not a good location
• Many people moved away
• The Panic of 1837 didn't help
• Several towns started in late 1830s and 1840s became ghost towns

MAJOR TOWNS

• Port Sheldon,10 miles south of Grand Haven
• Singapore, near the Kalamazoo River was built to be a port city
• Became a ghost town and became covered by sand dunes!

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