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Map to Seney

This town is featured in my second book, "Michigan Back Roads 2", in the chapter called "Michigan's Boot Hill Cemetery."

 

Seney, Michigan

seney historical museumSeney is on M-28 and is justly famous for the Seney wildlife preserve and for being in what has been described as the most boring stretch of road in Michigan but, its history is anything but boring.  At one time the likes of characters named "Stub Foot" O'Donnell, Frying Pan Mag and "Pump Handle" Joe were just part of the local scene that gave Seney the reputation as the toughest spot in the Upper Peninsula.  Tales of gambling, corruption and even slavery brought the area known as the Ram's Pasture under investigation in the late 1800's.

Today all of the old stilt houses are gone and few remember the epic fist fight between "Wild Hughie" Logan and "Killer" Shea.  Ears were bitten and eyes gouged but it was a draw in the end.  Another cross roads in Michigan that is rich in forgotten history from the lumber era.