Hi Jim,
Sorry to hear you were unable to find the correct site. There is no house
built over it though, so all you would have seen is grass. The house burned
down right after Edison's dad was evicted. (Draw your own conclusion). We
have a nice museum in the old Grand Truck depot that Edison worked out of as a
kid. Since it was on private property ( a cement plant owned it) it escaped
Urban Renewal in the 60's. Did you buy Dr. Stamp's book on the archeology of
the site?
The museum has many artifacts that were found, most if it broken pottery and
stuff like that. The most exciting find was some printer's type that matched
the known examples of the newspaper that Edison printed on the train between
Port Huron and Detroit.
Look me up if you are ever in this area again and I will show you the site.
Dave
Jim Nichol jnic...@fuse.net wrote:
I would have loved to see the presentation on Edison's boyhood home
in Port Huron. I was there there 9 years ago on Edison's 150th
birthday. I was baffled that I could not find it. Eventually after
several hours, I finally gathered enough info to discover that
someone's new house was sitting right on top of Edison's, without
even a marker to show it. I did find a marker in a nearby park that
said Edison's site was in the neighborhood. It wasn't until I bought
a book at the Port Huron museum that I was able to narrow in on the
correct spot, within a house or two.
Jim
On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:57 PM, David Dazer wrote:
At the Edison Depot Museum we had lots of activities. The
archaeologist who excavated his boyhood home gave a presentation
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