"Michigan Road Trip: Silver City to Calumet- 140 Miles

HEY , HEY It's RVerTV Russ, Thanks for the unseen footage,Yea👍

Nice intro sunset!

Your videos are the perfect combo of joy and peace. You are a good American.

I'm watching this in 11/25/23. About the Quincey Copper Mine, now a National Park Service Historic Site---according to a quick Google scan of different sites, this interesting site has a huge dark side. Like so many industries in the 1800's, money and production was the goal. Like other "company towns" there were bonds and a true community, but the air was toxic, noise levels literally deafening, lung "green", the tailings were contaminated including arsenic, chemicals and acids, sewage and water used in manufacturing straight into the potable water source. The NPS has documented cancerous tumors on the fish. The Industrial Revolution made some people rich and the innovation propelled the technology. Like most mines and industrial complexes, the owners simply walked away, leaving the next generation to clean up the mess by taxing the public at large. I live near two Superfund sites. I enjoy seeing old industrial complexes to honor and respect the engineering and pure sweat and body parts lost to the gain of a paycheck, but part of me is angry that the owners who took the profits walked away, leaving a mess. This happens everywhere, including the factory where my dad worked for 38 years.

I will watch every one of your videos. Excellent! The St.Anne's Church in Calumet, Michigan was a church less than 100 years. That building of sandstone opened in 1901, was empty and purchased by the municmunicipality/Psrk Service in 1994. I love architecture----the interior on Google is still beautiful.

Thanks again Russ. I really enjoyed this summer's travels and it's great to know there is more to see. Seeing the early morning sun on those old building was beautiful. Especially that old gothic style church. Fantastic.

My dad's family is from this area. Lot's of good memories for me.

Another bit about Calumet: At some recent year, all the sidewalks and utilities were redone---$$$$--- likely a National Park Service money, my guess, and to achieve the aura of the late 1880's, the parking meters were moved discreetly against the buildings, overhead utilities moved underground, street lights appropriate style for era.

Hi russ thanks alot for the tour an showing me gorgous old towns i wouldnt get to visit if it werent for you . Cheers mate🇦🇺

Oh morning!

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Awesome! I recently was watching a live tik tok feed of someone talking to the dead in a cemetery in Cherry, Illinois. There was a coal mine disaster there in 1909. A lantern set hay on fire down below that fed the donkeys. What’s weird is I’m in Illinois and never heard of this. Maybe because we used to have coal mines in this area and didn’t want to scare us?

Wow so beautiful ❤ even enjoy the wildflowers on the side of the road

Looking forward to it.😽

Fantastic Russ! This should be good!

I made this same road trip September of last year. Drove from Chicago all the way to Copper Harbor. Different world up there, compared to our desert. Also went to Milwaukee and Green Bay. Looking forward to this series.

Very cool video. It's so different from Arizona, where I'm originally from. I love those old brick buildings. They have a certain warmth to them. Looking forward to seeing more.

The Keweenaw peninsula is the one part of the U.P. that I've never been to. Some day I'll get there. Thanks for sharing your visit!

Looks like close knit communities who watch out for their neighbor! Like the travel videos of extra footage! Thank you!

Thanks, Russ, for another great road trip. Love the longer videos. Have fun, Mike