Why This Michigan Town Only Lasted 24 Years

Key Topics:

  • Fayette, Michigan

  • Why the town of Fayette was started

  • Why Fayette was selected as the site for an iron smelting town

  • How 1800s iron smelting worked

  • What life was like in 1800s Fayette

  • Why Fayette became a ghost town

  • What Fayette is like today

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