RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Best of the Midwest-- Part 2: Jackson, Michigan: Railroads, Murals and Republicans
JACKSON, MICHIGAN
There is a new Great Lake-to-Great Lake Trail Route 1 that goes 275 miles from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron and it goes through Jackson, less than 40 miles west of Ann Arbor.
It has a lot of history, including the Underground Railroad and also lays claim to the title of Birthplace of the Republican Party (although Ripon, Wisconsin disputes it).
There are several museums and has one of the country's oldest operating train stations from 1873.
They have a free app Experience Jackson Tours to take you to historical sites, notable architecture, breweries, wineries and murals. And, speaking of murals, they have 36 of them downtown. (I especially like murals in Pontiac, Illinois, and Cuba, Missouri.)
The origins of Ritz crackers purportedly can be traced to this town.
Love Them Murals. --RoadDog
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