Hudsonville, Michigan (And More Cool Discoveries)

So Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, is still insisting that Munsonville, Munsonville in the BryonySeries is, if not a real place, then based off a real place.

He did some digging and decided I must have based it off Hudsonville, Michigan, which was also founded by one man buying up a parcel of land.

I insisted it's only a coincidence. 

But then I wondered...how many more coincidences might I find?

So I started searching online for some of the pretend places in the BryonySeries and came up with these and passed them to Ed and Nancy Calkins for their "road trip."

Michigan has a village named Beulah, but not a county

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulah,_Michigan

Hudsonville, Michigan appears to be more west, than north

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudsonville,_Michigan#/media/File:Ottawa_County_Michigan_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hudsonville_Highlighted.svg

 https://www.hudsonville.org/about-hudsonville

https://www.hudsonville.org/history-of-hudsonville

https://hudsonvillechamber.com/about-hudsonville.html

There is a Jenison, Michigan (not Jenson, Michigan) in Ottawa County - the same county as Hudsonville. It's unincorporated and has no legal status.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenison,_Michigan

There is a Shelby Township, Michigan in Macomb County

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Township,_Michigan

There is no Thornton in Michigan, but there is one in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton,_Illinois

There is not an Evansville, Michigan but there is one in Indiana - with some similarities in backstories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana#History

There is no Grover's Park in Illinois but there is a Grove Park in Chiago.

https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/grove-park

There is no Wraith Park in Michigan but there is a Wraith Falls Trail at Yellowstone National Park

https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/yell-trail-wraith-falls.htm

AND LET'S NOT FORGET...

Calkins Nature Area in Iowa

https://www.hardincountyia.gov/555/Calkins-Nature-Area

Steward Setback Saturday: Calkins Nature Preserve

 A fun post from last year. No one ever did call me back.

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Calkins Nature Preserve

Yesterday Colleen Robbins texted the following message to me:

I missed getting a picture as we drove past the Calkins Nature Preserve about 20 miles west of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Ed gets around.

I looked up the number so I could receive permission to use a photo of the preserve in this blog post, but I only reached the answering machine.

So here's a link to the Facebook page. It looks beautiful, doesn't it?

https://www.facebook.com/CalkinsNatureArea/

Illustration by Kathleen Rose Van Pelt for "Bryony."

Calkins Nature Preserve

Yesterday Colleen Robbins texted the following message to me:

I missed getting a picture as we drove past the Calkins Nature Preserve about 20 miles west of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Ed gets around.

I looked up the number so I could receive permission to use a photo of the preserve in this blog post, but I only reached the answering machine.

So here's a link to the Facebook page. It looks beautiful, doesn't it?

https://www.facebook.com/CalkinsNatureArea/

Illustration by Kathleen Rose Van Pelt for "Bryony."