A Traverse City Pioneer Family's Home Could Be Saved
By Ross Boissoneau | Sept. 15, 2019
The first school teacher in Traverse City’s family home on Randolph Street just might be saved after quick thinking by Gary Wilson. When visiting the area a few years ago, Wilson noticed improvements being made to Hickory Hills Ski Area, and the Owosso resident became concerned that the work could damage what was left of his old family farmstead. So he reached out to the Traverse Area Historical Society (TAHS) when he returned home. “I contacted Peg Siciliano and she was interested,” he says.
Wilson saw the opportunity to preserve the foundations of his family’s farmhouse not simply as a vanity project, but as a chance to safeguard Traverse City ...
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