Eric Mazzone
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S&C Electric Company: I see a bike lane spanning the length of the building when I ride by on the UP-N, seemingly behind security fences and sharing space with their loading facilities. Is that publicly accessible? Google's bike directions say to take ravenswood in that area. Curious if anyone knows
Regardless of the outcome, here is the saddest man in attendance today (intellectually):
Caught the Sox game after work yesterday. The crowd was buzzing all night and aside from the long lines I had a great time. I only make it to a handful of games per year but the vibes across both fans and players haven't felt this good in 10? 20? years. In any case, let the good times roll.
The sheriff did eventually take Bedford and Wentworth into custody, and per wiki they were "..briefly ‘tried,’ fined $1.25 each for the judges service and released to a cheering supportive and sympathetic crowd. Following the trial the freed men departed Mackinac Island for Green Bay, WI." (14/14)
By 1855, his schtick started to wear thin on those left on the island. Small-scale rebellions became common (Battle of Whiskey Point) and Strang got further away from the Will of the People. (10/n)
While a rep, he founded the short-lived county of Manitou across a number of N. MI islands (with Beaver Island as the seat of govt), and soon after, established a 10% tithe from the county coffers to his church, as one does. (9/n)
Almost overnight, they became a regional political and economic power (12,000 strong at its height), and it immediately went to Strang's head. In 1850 he was named "King of Heaven and Earth" by his followers, and for the next 6 years ruled the island with an iron fist. (5/n)
Long story short, Strang and his followers were exiled from the church and washed up in Beaver Isl. in 1848, then home to a contingent of recently-immigrated Irish loggers and indigenous communities. Strang and his followers (Strangites) quickly set up shop, flourishing in their new environs. (4/n)
After Smith's death, Strang made claim as the rightful successor to the Mormon throne with a value proposition that he possessed a letter supposedly written and mailed to Strang by Smith proclaiming Strang the next in line. This gambit somehow didn't work. (3/n)
The man of the hour is James J. Strang (1813-1856). Born in New York, he passed the NY bar in 1836. Although raised a Baptist, he joined LDS in 1844, shortly before Joseph Smith died. (2/n)