New Book Highlights Presque Isle County

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - April 24, 2013 - PRLog -- New to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Presque Isle County by local author Mark Thompson. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images and provides readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

Norman Rockwell would have found no shortage of subjects for his paintings in any of the small communities in Presque Isle County. It is an idyllic region in Michigan's northeastern Lower Peninsula with more than 50 miles of Lake Huron shoreline, dozens of inland lakes and streams, and sprawling forests of pines and hardwoods. It was probably those attributes that attracted Native Americans to the region about 8,000 years ago.

Shortly after the Civil War, the Indians were joined by throngs of European immigrants who found jobs in lumber camps and sawmills or homesteaded farms. The region's lumber boom was followed by a limestone boom in the early 20th century. It created hundreds of jobs in the quarries and on ships that carried the stone to markets around the Great Lakes.

The boom years are just a memory now, but the natural attributes of the county attract tourists and modern settlers seeking a more serene experience than can be found in the tourist meccas on Michigan's west coast.

Highlights of Presque Isle County include:
•   Our Unknown Past
•   They Came by Boat
•   Whistle Stops

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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