In 1836, a New York investor named Oshea Wilder staked out a prime position at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River on Lake Michigan and declared it the future rival of Chicago. He named it Singapore, after the legendary trading port. Within a decade it had its own bank, currency, hotel, and three working sawmills and by 1871, it was one of the most productive lumber operations on the Great Lakes. Then came the Great Chicago Fire, the clearcutting that followed, and a slow-motion catastrophe no one thought to stop: the sand dunes moved in.
With the surrounding forests stripped bare, the dunes that had always flanked Singapore began advancing east at up to fifteen feet per year. Buildings were swallowed floor by floor. A fisherman retreated to the third floor of the old hotel as the sand climbed, then to the roof, then there was nothing left. By 1894 the last structure was gone and no serious excavation has ever been conducted. Historians call it Michigans Pompeii. This is its story.
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ITS HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.
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