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The Fayette Historic Townsite, on the shores of Lake Michigan's Big Bay de Noc, is a 19th Century well preserved company town that manufactured pig iron (crude iron) and lime from 1867 to 1891.

The laborers and skilled tradesmen produced over 225,000 tons of pig iron during its 24 years of activity, with employee’s splitting up just over $5,000 in payroll each month from the Jackson Iron Company.

Located on the southern side of the Upper Peninsula on Big Bay de Noc, Fayette was at its peak the most productive iron-smelting operation in the area. Shortly after the Civil War, the town grew up around two very large blast furnaces, charcoal kilns, a lime kiln, and a large dock.
Fayette Ghost Town