Remembering Crescent with Billy and Karen Rosa, Part 1: Visit to Crescent Featuring Billy and Karen Rosa, authors of Remembering Crescent: Logging and Life on North Manitou Island.
Join us for this day trip to North Manitou Island, where authors Billy and Karen search for his grandmother’s home from the early 1900’s. Now in the federally designated wilderness of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, the site of Crescent has returned to its natural state. Using old photos, a hand drawn map, and Billy’s keen instinct, we searched for the homesite, the lumber skidway, and the sawmill site. Bonus footage includes Billy’s reflections on the trip afterwards.
To learn more about the book, CLICK HERE
To purchase Remembering Crescent: Logging and Life on North Manitou Island, CLICK HERE
Review of the book: The Rosas have created a wonderful volume rich in detail and rare photos, making this an important contribution to the published historical knowledge of North Manitou. It will be treasured by island campers, visitors, and story seekers; all who are curious about the mysterious point on the island map called Crescent.
Part 2: Interview with the Rosas CLICK HERE
Part 3: Hiking North Manitou Island, visiting additional sites from the Crescent lumbering days. CLICK HERE
For more on North Manitou History, click here: North Manitou Island History
Historical photos courtesy of Billy and Karen Rosa.