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This Month in History... February
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Photo taken of the square after the ice storm of February 17, 1909. A reminder that winter is not over! The tall flagpole was the last of four successive poles on that site. An earlier one was a mast of the Milan-built schooner, Idaho
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2012 Hours
February Hours ~ Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm
Admission Prices ~ Adult $7.00 Senior Citizens $6.00 Children ages 6-12 $4.00
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A Special Thank You
The Milan Historical Museum would like to thank our Business Contributor of History - Certainteed Corporation. It is with their support that MHM can continue to offer fun and educational programs to our community.
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The success of the Milan Canal gave the people of Milan another idea. The ever energetic Ebenezer Merry saw the land around the canal turn-around basin as ideal for a shipyard. He prepared the site and the tools and sent for James P. Gay, a shipbuilder. This was the beginning of Merry & Gay, Shipbuilders.
Wood chips and sawdust rose in great piles as this team built the largest number of ships at Milan by far, five vessels in 1856 alone. James Gay's percussive commands crackled above the zimmering saws and drumming hammers.
Shipbuilding brought many more skills to town - wrought iron workers, sail makers and general merchants and carpenters - and became a main employer. Builders came from out of town to take advantage of the white oak timber and other fine woods available locally. Between 1841 and 1867, the town built more than 75 lake schooners and other vessels.
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