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 <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
