Fordlandia - PART 2 "Ghost Town in the Heart of the Amazon Rain Forest"

Part 2- covering the lost rubber plantation of the Ford Motor Company - Fordlandia -
Reference given to Fordlanda: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City - By Greg Landon. - Excellent read if you get the chance - a lot of the background was given from research with Greg's book - plus from many of the same references included in his book - (A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize)
Disclaimer Note - Fordlandia had a re-population take place around the 2000's - as of 2017 it is populated at 3,000-
It was virtually a Ghost Town (Abandoned Ford Plantation) from the 1940's - through the early 2000s - It's still a fantastic story -
Thanks for following along!
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[@dianemauer4453]

it's been awhile since I've been online. Fordlandia really interesting. We've been having a weird winter. Temperature s in the 40's and 50's (F). Rain instead of snow. Oh well, maybe I'm done with the bugs.
I've been reading a reissued book about the Peshtigo Fire and the Sugar Bushes. It's three books/articles about the fire on both sides of Green Bay. It's got a rather long title: The Great Fires in Wisconsin of 1871. The authors are Franklin Tilton, 1871; Wisconsin's Weather and Climate; Joseph M. Moran and Edward J. Hopkins, 2002; Tornadoes of Fire at Williamsonville, Wisconsin. October 8, 1871; Joseph M. Moran and E. Lee Somerville, 1990.
Karen Vincent Humiston has a couple of talks about Peshtigo and the Sugar Bushes. She's working on a book titled The Sky was Brass, the Earth was Ashes.
Hope all is well with you 😸. My cat decided I have been "petting" the tablet enough.

[@midwestghosttown]

I'm still hoping to get up to the Peshtigo Museum! It's one of my bucket list items. Fordlandia - if you get a chance to read more about it - I barely scratched the surface - I found it fascinating. Thanks for dropping comments - I appreciate it.