I saw this old windmill near Pompeii. It’s a small town in the central Lower Peninsula. I assume at one time a farm stood near the windmill when it was not so old. Most of the old windmills I see are broken. It was nice to see this one with all of its vanes still intact.

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This is the first time I have done a follow-up on one of my posts. After reading all the comments that the barn I posted about was in the side of a steep slope I went back on google streets and looked at it. I guess I did not notice it when I went past it, but it is on a hillside. It still seems a little short but others have suggested that it was a dairy or sheep barn which would make sense because there is a row of windows along the side like cows could get some fresh air.

Thank you all for your comments hand helping this city boy learn something new. I think schools should teach kids where their food comes from. I bet if you ask most of them would say ” the cafateria”

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I saw this little old barn on Love Road near Bellevue. I don’t know anything about it but I thought it was a pretty looking little barn.

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I was going through some of my old photos and I came across this pic of a barn I took a few summers ago. I know I was somewhere near Gaylord but I can’t remember where I was exactly when I took this pic. Anyways. I thought it was a nice looking barn on a beautiful sunny day. I hope your summer is going well and you are out exploring the Mitten State.

P.S. I might be a little sporadic with posts for the next few weeks. I am busy with finishing up my calendars and volume 3 of my book so I will have them available this fall.

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I like this old barn I saw somewhere near Onaway. I figure it’s an old barn since it has a stone foundation. I wish I had a story to go with it but I don’t, so I figure now is a good time to announce the winner of the Lost In Michigan Vol 2 book giveaway. Congratulations to Jason Smith he was chosen at random from the comments. Please email me at mike@huronphoto.com with your address and I will send out your book.

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In the Timbers Recreation Area on North Long Lake Road about 10 miles west of Traverse City sits this beautiful old brown barn. The area’s approximately 240 acres are open to hikers, but it once belonged to a family that owned one of America’s iconic brands.

The Timbers was a resort on Long Lake when Lola Armour vacationed there in 1919 and fell in love with the property. She and her husband J. Ogden Armour, owner of the Armour Meat Packing Company, purchased it that summer. They removed many of the original buildings and constructed a mansion, a lodge, a dormitory, cottages for the superintendent, chauffeur and secretary, two barns, and a boathouse on the lake.

J. Ogden Armour died in 1927, but Lola kept the property until 1945 when she sold the property because she was no longer able to travel to it. Eventually, the property was sold in sections with the home being sold off and The Girl Scouts purchasing 238 acres in 1962, which became the Timbers Girl Scout Camp.

Recently the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy and Long Lake Township purchased the property for public use. Hiking trails throughout the property meander through the forests and fields, and along the old barn and some building from the former estate. The mansion and adjacent property are still privately owned and closed to the public.

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I saw this old barn north of Coopersville and like many barns I see, I do not know their history. I am sure many barns have an ordinary life of storing hay and giving a home to some horses and sheltering a tractor or two. I figure since I don’t have a story about this particular barn I would share a story of my own. I have been trying to erect a new fence around my property in the burbs. and with all the rain we have had in the past few weeks where I need to build my fence, it has been flooded with a few inches of water. It’s been really frustrating to do anything and I have no control over the weather. I only have a small project I want to get done. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be a farmer trying to plant or harvest crops and dealing with the weather.

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I saw this old barn slowly being consumed by nature somewhere in the thumb. It was with my photos from the thumb but I have to be honest. I take so many photos that sometimes I forget where I was at when I took the pic. I should probably do a better job of keeping track but I think I was near Deckerville when I was lost out in the Thumb. Anyways, I liked this old barn so I stopped and took a pic.

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