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Crystal Lake in located in
Benzie County in
northwestern lower
Michigan, USA.
(Click on the
map to see Benzie
County on Google Maps.)
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See the complement to this site
The Comedy of Crystal Lake.
It's a book all about the 1873
lowering of Crystal Lake and a
biography of Archibald Jones, the
man behind the operation.
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CRYSTALANA
A POTPOURRI OF
Historical Reflections and Current Perspectives of Crystal Lake,
Its Watershed, and Benzie County, Michigan
As compiled
by Dr. Stacy Leroy Daniels, a humble saunterer and
"President pro tem , the Benzie County River Improvement Company, Est.
1873"
The following "Crystalana
Journal Issues" and Additional
Resources below
are intended to complement and supplement two published texts: "The
Comedy of Crystal Lake"
(2015), a 496-page book; and its classic prequel, "The Tragedy of Crystal
Lake" (1922), a 17-page pamphlet.
Crystalana Journal
Issues
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Each issue contains
two short feature articles: a Historical
Reflection and a Current Perspective, supported by brief
commentaries on People, Places, Phenomena, and Potpourri
encountered across the greater Crystal Lake Watershed.
Subjects are presented in journal format.
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Volume
2, No. 3 (10-page
PDF, 844 kB). Featured articles:
Synopsis of the Tragi-Comedy"
of Crystal Lake
Consequences of the The Tragi-Comedy" of Crystal Lake |
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Volume
1, No. 6
(10-page PDF, 696 kB). Featured
articles:
Travels Though the Northwestern Regions of the United States
The Surveyors Arrive |
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Volume
1, No. 5
(11-page PDF, 652 kB).
Featured articles:
The Tragedy of Crystal Lake
The Tragedy / Comedy of Crystal Lake in Retrospect |
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Volume
1, No. 4 (10-page
PDF, 600 kB). Featured articles:
A Brood of Lakelets
River Improvements and Harbors of Refuge |
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Volume
1, No. 3 (9-page
PDF, 536 kB). Featured articles:
The Creation of Crystalana
The Lay of the Land; the Lap of the Water |
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Volume
1, No. 2 (9-page
PDF, 564 kB). Featured articles:
"The Benzie Book"
Crystal
Lake Commonality and Uniquity |
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Volume
1, No. 1 (8-page
PDF, 496 kB). Featured articles:
"Crystalana"
A Prospectus for "Crystalana" |
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Additional
Resources about Crystal Lake and Archibald Jones:
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Web
Site © Copyright 2018-2024 by Dr. Stacy L. Daniels
and ATI Consulting. All rights reserved.
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