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Fayette Historic Townsite in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan offers visitors a step back in time to a nineteenth century company town. Here, nestled beneath a towering limestone bluff on Lake Michigan, the Jackson Iron Company operated two iron smelting furnaces. From December 25, 1867 to December 1, 1890, hot iron poured forth into casting houses, was cooled and separated into "pigs", and shipped to Ohio aboard schooners. Today, several original structures give testimony to Michigan's industrial past-from the laborers' log cabin, to the managers' salt box homes, to the "Big White House" on the bluff that was occupied by the superintendent. In the center of all these stands the working core of the once-thriving village-the furnace stacks, casting houses, company store, warehouse, town hall, company office, machine shop, and hotel. Through the pages of this book, tour this fascinating open air museum that offers million-dollar views of the harbor, bay, and quaint remnants from nearly 150 years ago. Quotes from newspapers of that era serve as captions, bringing the town to life. Fayette Historic Townsite is without a doubt one of the best-preserved company towns in America and a gem of Michigan history that is unlike any other.

For all of her twenty-three years, Cedena Rossier has led a sheltered life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. And then she goes to the Fair. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago opens up a fascinating world of excitement and friendships that she is determined to explore. But her newfound freedom comes at a high cost: Her mother disowns her.To make matters worse, the Panic of 1893 causes Cedena's family to be on the verge of bankruptcy. Unwanted by her mother and unwilling to burden her aunt and uncle, Cedena heads west to become a Harvey girl-one of an elite group of trained waitresses who serve railroad passengers at restaurants throughout the West. While she enjoys the economic security her work provides, when an old suitor appears, will she be willing to trade her independence for true love?Mountains of Love takes readers on a cross-country tour of late Victorian America from Ferris wheel rides to train robberies. Every page captures a rapidly changing time when women were forging their way into the workforce and Americans were spreading across the continent. But it also explores the deepest territories of the human heart.In these pages, Donna Winters, long known for her Great Lakes Romances, now takes her genre westward with characters you'll never forget.