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Article: Visitors welcome to unwind at Henry's Ford's U.P. retreat
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 16, 1997
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Vacationers with a yen for sleeping at homes once owned by
historic figures can rent Henry Ford's woodsy getaway here in the
Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan.
That's if you can make do with just nine bedrooms, six bathrooms,
a dining room for 16 guests and a front porch that gives the
impression of being only a hair smaller than all of Rhode Island.
Ford used the retreat to entertain Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone
and other American luminaries from the early 1900s.
If you'd like to do some entertaining of your own, the current
owners, who rent the entire house for $400 a night and require a
minimum stay of two nights, can furnish a gourmet chef for a bit
extra.
Eugene Thompson, an ...
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