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Cass County MI

• 05.27.09
  Phlox
  Cass County MI, Kalamazoo County MI (1)

  At this point on Sunday afternoon's ride, I thought I was approaching the intersection across from which lay Harvey Jones' farm. I stopped here just in case there wasn't anything else to take a photo of. But I was off by half a mile, which I came to realize when I stopped to visit at the first farmhouse on the right. The flowers reminded me of a bad joke that I thought I invented long ago. Twice a year I am reminded of it: Christmas really ought to be in the ...
  
  
• 04.11.09
  Shavehead
  Cass County MI (0)

  Last August 17, on the 2nd day of a weekend bike outing, I spent some time in Shavehead's country. Shavehead was a Potawatomi leader who was feared and disliked by the white settlers. He did not sign any of the treaties by which southern Michigan was ceded to the United States. As a result, he didn't get any annuity payments from the United States, which led to his being marginalized among his own people. The lack of annuity payments meant he couldn't provide things for his own people like other Potawatomi leaders did. It ...
  
  
• 08.17.08
  Ride to Porter Township, Cass County
  Cass County MI (2)

  Googlemap This weekend I did a two-day ride, mostly so I could visit some historic sites in Porter Township, Cass County, Michigan. I didn't need to carry my gear. Myra drove and camped with me, near Bristol, Indiana. We went out for breakfast together this morning before I started riding again. She picked me up late in the afternoon. Mileage report: 76 miles yesterday, 40+ miles today. I did something here I haven't done for a long time -- marked my route on a map while it's still fresh in my mind. This time ...
  
  
• 07.21.08
  Road along Christiana Creek
  Cass County MI (0)

  It has been over a year since I did any riding in Cass County, Michigan. The above photo was taken on Turpin Road the last time I was there, on June 10, 2007. I recall that I decided to take the gravel road (see google map below) because it would be something different and I wanted a break where I could slow down. It's a psychological thing. On gravel I don't have much choice but to go slower, so I just enjoy it. Turpin Road What I didn't realize until just now while checking my photos was that ...
  
  
• 07.18.08
  Words and pictures
  Black Hawk war, Cass County MI (0)

  The latest book I started reading is "The Geographic Revolution in early America : Maps, literacy, & national identity" by Martin Brückner (2006). Whether it's a good book or not I'm not yet sure. I just barely got started. But in the introduction, Brückner calls attention to something I hadn't ever thought of before. The literal meaning of the Greek word geography is, "to record, draw, and write the earth." In other words, as he points out, geography is about the verbal as well as the visual. Geography is "a material form and stylistic device of literary production." I'm pretty sure he's talking ...
  
  

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