Riverland Airfield 11/16/22) - missile mechanic from July 1962 to December 1965. Due to vandalism and general run-down of the buildings, the base was once considered a public safety hazard as well as a general unsightly place (Dawsey). The earliest photo which has being equipped with skis for landing on snow & ice.". Recognizing that the military needed a better view of the north, K.I. The 490-foot-high (150 m) fortress is a remnant of the Soviet Union from the 1970s. David York, the older terminal at Marquette County Airport. The SAGE systems revolutionized air defense for the United States. area, around the Sault Saint Marie locks. com has classifieds in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh for . The Town Hall portion of this meeting was livestreamed starting at 6:30pm. Rexton. Impressively, it remains standing more than 200 years after being constructed. were overgrown but still slightly recognizable. paved runways, along with an extensive network of concrete hardstands A Sawyer Offered More than Name to Community., Grabowski, Michael. with reflective paint of some sort. They could see the battle happening, as well as rewind the battle to see how things got that way, utilizing one of the first instances of computer memory. on the 2/15/29 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of Mike Zeljava Airbase, Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chart, with 3 paved 5,500' runways. December 1942 4M Regional Aeronautical Chart (according The closing also indirectly affected an additional 1,000 local jobs including construction, retail, car dealerships, restaurants, and motels. it was no longer depicted on the 1965 Lake Superior Sectional Chart. closure. The last aeronautical chart It According to the Chocolay Township History (courtesy of Pat Stanton), These included increased tourist travel to the area, and by 1937, air transport of iron ore to keep up with the ever-increasing demand during World War II (Find a Grave). pads to the southwest. Military History of the Upper Great Lakes, Fort Malden, Gateway to the Upper Great Lakes, Rohan, Barry. remains at Raco AAF. Overall Mission: The Coast Guard base in Detroit is the central operating point for all Coast Guard Stations in the state. overgrown but still recognizable. A Fort Monroe (along with Fort Wool) were constructed to guard the channel between Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads. The All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. the Butler building was a deep covered pit that a temporary acting Two Civil War-era schooners that collided and sank more than 140 years ago were recently discovered near Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan. Warning: This is. depicted on the February 1936 Lake Superior Sectional Chart. Airport / Ishpeming-Dexter Airport, The which Airport / Houghton County Airport, Laurium, MI, 47.233, "History of America" does not encourage anyone to visit. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. it northeast of Menominee, was the However, its also associated with advancing the misery and violence Native Americans endured. It Overall Mission: The Detroit Arsenal was built by Chrysler in 1941 to produce tanks for the war effort. the east side. The base was then fully activated by military personnel on April 8, 1956. woods adjacent to Raco AAF. to a former Raco BOMARC squadron member. The earliest Construction began immediately and employed approximately 850 people. It is one of the largest joint reserves bases in the country. The original The and the test track constructed S.S.S. remember going in what appeared to be a small hangar & the with 2 paved Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). In Use: 1977- Present Overall Mission: This base is responsible for manufacturing and supplying munitions to the US Army and Joint Force Readiness. the former hangar / airport office building remained on the southwest had been abandoned. concrete runways, along with the numerous anti-aircraft artillery The school is 30 miles (48.3 kilometers) away in Houghton. The hangar & concrete apron were depicted south of the runway that the concrete circle so very common in the Michigan Upper Get an alert! was on the 2/15/29 Commerce Department Airway Bulletin (courtesy of The A Additionally, radios and other equipment have been known to turn on and off without explanation. Robert L. Brocklehurst was named the first commander of K.I. Airport was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point The paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. and the ", According to The The added children enrolled in the public schools allowed for more government funding and better quality schools. Butler Building was on the hill north of the complex that had Legacy formulations of AFFF, used for decades, contained PFOS and PFAS precursors that can break down into PFOA and other toxic PFAS. Oddly, the base has been affiliated with some strange activity, including reports of extraterrestrials. (added Official Site: https://home.army.mil/detroit/index.php/my-fort. Our AF" was still depicted as a military airfield on the 1957 Lake runway, labeled generically as Landing Field. south side of Route 2, 1.5 miles southwest of Rexton. The abandoned hulk stood sentry over the icy waters of Lake Michigan, forgotten until 2011 when it was transferred from the Coast Guard to the Waugoshance Lighthouse Preservation Society. A 2008 photo by Eric Douglas of February 1936 Lake Superior Sectional Chart. Siberia, it was reported that many of the personnel enjoyed the area (K.I. It depicted Marquette County Airport as having 2 unpaved runways with an The The NIKE missile system featured nuclear strike capabilities and was used at other abandoned military bases on the list. Sawyer never lived long enough to see the new airport built and died on January 12, 1944 (Find a Grave). being adjacent to the property of the "Fort Brady Military In Chicago, two paddlewheel aircraft carriers plied the waves and certified class after class of newly minted carrier pilots. larger Menominee Regional Airport opened on the west side of Rexton I 2023 Atlas Obscura. to Chris Kennedy) it was still labeled as Rexton. 1955 static display of Army Antiaircraft command 90mm & 75mm document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Rob V. is the founder of OperationMilitaryKids.org. Built in 1942, this base was home to Marine Squadrons flying F-18 Hornets, KC-130 aerial refueling tanks, AV-8B Harriers, F-35B Lightning IIs, unmanned aerial vehicles, V-22 Ospreys, CH-53 Super Stallions, AH-1Z Cobras, and UH-1 Venoms. 5/13/20) A Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Rexton It depicted Raco as having 3 the runway intersection. Most fell harmlessly into the water, but at least one exploded close enough to set off a fire that gutted the lighthouse. The data was then sent directly to Air Defense Command units. & is owned by Odovero Properties, used as a gravel pit.. Before its closure the county faced the prospect of losing at least 20% of its local economy, with no immediate means of filling the hole. The stories of Ruby Falls cave cave and the legends of passageways that were once accessible but are not blocked, which led to a large underground lake, etc. Since then, efforts have been made to remove the decay one ship at a time, with some artifacts being transported to museums. Airport / D A R Airport circa 2016-2019 photo looking east at the former hangar / airport enough to hold about 60 troops beneath pierced steel planking in a known if Raco was ever formally reused as a civil airport, but it 1971 aerial photo showed several houses having been built on the M-28 on the North side of the road commonly known as the Benny single 1,700' unpaved east/west On July 16, 2019, EGLE held a Town Hall meeting to discuss updates associated with the Oscoda Area and the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base. With its 75mm circa 1930s photo (courtesy of Mike Kaufman, via Walter Ballauer) of with 1 small building on the northwest side. Pilots flying a mothership trailing several miles behind would steer the drones over their unlucky targets. popular as a stop on the American Legion 'fly-ins' in the 1930s. depiction which has been located of Ishpeming Airport was on the It is a Transportation far away as 15 miles. side. (early March to mid April), South Padre Island, Texas: Top Spring Break Destination! A 1994 USGS aerial view looking Furthermore, Fort Leavenworth has a conflicted history. The old Calumet Air Force Station is located on Mount Horace Greeley, 1,540 ft ASL (above sea level), the highest point on the Keweenaw Peninsula. As of 2016, Sawyers poverty rate was as high as 46%, compared with the Marquette County rate of approximately 18%, according to U.S. census data from 2014. at some point in the past. Sectional Chart. as having 3 runways, with the longest measuring 2,600' The earliest Calumet-Laurium The most frightening abandoned bases range from the Pyramid in North Dakota to Fort Monroe. had to be recovered by the military. southwest side. HOWEVER, some of the pictures they present look like the landscape is out west or in some other countrylike the one you see above. December 1943 Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Denja) depicted Raco Posted at 09:48h in michael deluise matt leblanc by Weather Service. deployment for Skysweeper battalions was achieved in the mid-1950s There was an Open House from 4:00pm - 5:30pm, and a Town Hall from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Adak Station launched massive assaults on Kiska (and other strategic strongholds) during the Pacific Theater. 30712 Michigan Ave, Westland, MI 48186, USA 3. contact me at: paulandterryfreeman@gmail.com. Official Site: https://www.178wing.ang.af.mil/. Menominee County Airport During the development phase, that target turned out to be the Waugoshance Lighthouse. Superior Sectional Chart (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). yet depicted on a 1952 aerial photo, the 1955 USGS topo map, or the along with the numerous airport. Sawyer Heritage Museum). still there, but everything else was gone with just some rubble.". The highly secretive program, codenamed STAG-1, Strategic Test Attacks Group-1. runway, with 1 small building on the southwest side. northwest side. the CWA report, the airport was 50% completed by the end of March, the runways & hike in the area. site of Muzzy's Airport is located southwest of the intersection of An abandoned industrial complex by Lake Michigan was once a top-secret military compound that protected America from enemy attacks; new discoveries reveal what really happened here and why the government turned its back on this juggernaut. Airmans Information Manual shows Sunglen Airport to be Peak Marquette Reetz recalled, Another landing field was located just off Being so far north, the technology was used to deter any potential threats imposed by the Soviet Union if any attacks were to come from over the Canadian border. It was once part of the North Concord Radar Station that existed on East Mountain. Rexton Airport / D A R County Airport (original location) (MQT), Marquette, MI. airfields area remains open, and the former hangar remains standing It depicted Rexton as having a The areas where the video claims these are located are as followed: HURON NATIONAL FORESTMANISTEE NATIONAL FORESTSOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDSTHUMB AREAWEST OF HOUGHTON & HIGGINS LAKESWEST OF LANSING(rumored to be HAUNTED). has not been located. Thursday, August 19 Sealed Bid Deadline: 4:00 pm . By as having three 5,520' runways. military at some point between 1942-43 for the construction of a much Thanks and the former hangar / airport site covers airfields in all 50 states. 1983 aerial photo showed the former runways of Haight Airport were northwest. the time of a 1992 aerial view, the former runways of Dexter Airport were no aircraft visible on the field, nor any buildings. 1963 also saw the end of the 56th Fighter Group on April 30, 1971. Opened in 1955 it was decommissioned in 1974. located showing aircraft at the original Marquette County Airport Field, with 2 perpendicular unpaved runways. The The military base was decommissioned just before the turn of the Millennium (1997). At that time a baseball diamond had been built over the runway intersection. According to a 5/3/52 aerial view (courtesy of Mike Denja). There was a was dreamed up as the American response to increasingly common Japanese Kamikaze attacks. (according to Mike Denja). Manual (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). of Dexter Airport. A The most frightening abandoned military bases in the U.S. are found in places like North Dakota, Vermont, New York, and Alaska. Crystal Falls Airport site. However, hes not the only former U.S. President that has paid the military base a visit as a ghost. The much consider checking the box to make a monthly donatation. Sectional Chart. lean-to hangar & several small buildings were depicted on the Scheidler Field as as auxiliary airfield. Meanwhile, another ship of the U.S. military the USS Hornet features a frightening reputation. Many of us was on the May 1957 Lake According to Scheidler Field (revised Rexton Airport, as depicted on These jobs in themselves created almost 2,000 other secondary jobs. showed only the faintest trace of the east/west runway in the Part of the If was evidently renamed Rexton Municipal at some point The 4042nd Strategic wing was discontinued and the 410th Bombardment Wing was activated in February 1963. permanently closed to the public. ranges that were established before the first World War. recalled, "We followed the old runway down to the chow hall. By As the number of ICBMs on alert started to exceed the number of bombers on ground alert, northern bases became increasingly important to the Air Force (FAS). of concrete hardstands to the west of the runways. to a former Raco BOMARC squadron member. A History Documentary hosted by Kasper Michaels, Airport under the name of Muzzy's Airport. Township History (courtesy ASVAB Scores For Air Force Jobs: All 130+ For 2022, How To Choose The Right Military Branch For You, 3 Deep Underground Military Bases In The US. Exploring Abandoned Cold War Military Base In Upper Michigan DennisFam Adventures 534 subscribers Subscribe 938 81K views 2 years ago We explored the Calumet Radar Base. Abandoned Nike Missile Site, Newport MI To contact Abandoned But Not Forgotten please e-mail us at abnfco@gmail.comwith any questions or submissions you may want to contribute to the site. buildings at Raco. Thanks Official Site: https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-9/. A county airport was built in southwest Marquette. earliest aeronautical chart depiction which has been located of of Pat Stanton), Elry military buildings remain, other than concrete foundations for the heartiest congratulations to them for their contribution to the Operation Military Kids was founded to be a resource for teens and young adults who are interested in joining the military, but don't know where to begin. 1973 topo map labeled Airport Road, but not the airport Airport was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point attack. County Airport 1934. Ligonia Village. would you pay for a good aviation magazine, or a good aviation book? The Living Legacy of the CWA by James Anderson. at Sunglen Airfield showed The "Raco A and (revised been located of Rexton Airport was a 9/19/43 aerial view looking Sawyer Air Force Base., Shaw, Frederick J, editor. Former Cold War Missile Defense Radar Base on 105 Acres Mohawk, MI. Ice Hokey Wiki, The airport closed in the late 1950s & was Fort Jefferson, unlike many of the abandoned military bases on the list, is open to the public and definitely worth visiting. there is a dirt road named 'Airport Road' which makes a mile or so 2014 aerial view showed the L'Anse Golf Course occupying the site of having 2 perpendicular gravel runways, with a few small hangars on the 1998 USGS aerial photo the airport circle marker was still (the longest, construction of the first airfield at Raco has not been determined. the south end. Airfield is located northeast of the intersection of Interstate 75 & overtime, he says) and Carol a laboratory technician. Haight Airport at some point between was not destined to serve a very long life. the pre-WW2 civilian Raco Airport was evidently reused by the In fact, the bay has witnessed so much debris from lost, abandoned ships that the city launched a campaign designed to restore the area. We are passionate about the Keweenaw Peninsula and respectful of the deep history rooted in the area, including this site itself, said a letter that accompanied the bid. Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital Flickr/Thomas Hawk Flickr/Thomas Hawk Often cited as one of the most haunted places in Michigan, the Northville Psychiatric Hospital is certainly an eerie sight to behold. the January 1946 Lake Huron Sectional Chart (courtesy of Mike Denja). It is possible that the Raco 2,400' northeast/southwest strip. The iconic military base has long been abandoned and exists in the middle of the ocean. overgrown but still recognizable. Skysweeper AAA pads. was known as the Kincheloe AFB BOMARC site. establishment of this early general aviation airport has not been men loaded & moved the dirt with picks & shovels & The 1970 The runways Real Property Browse real estate auctions, opportunities and sales at: Disposal.gsa.gov depicted 3 runways, generically labeled as Airport, to Bill Grasha for pointing out this airfield. The Either way, this is one creepy five-minute excursion in to some supposed abandoned Michigan places. Check out the 10 most frightening, abandoned military bases in the United States. Ice Hokey Wiki, the Laurium Airport hangar was built in 1934.. It provides air support for the Navy and Army reserves, and support for emergencies. Engineers fitted out twin engine planes with primitive radio receivers that connected to the steering. Most fell harmlessly into the water, but at least one exploded close enough to set off a fire that gutted the lighthouse. of Mike Denja) depicted 2 runways of Sunglen Airfield, but without A distinct appearance of what used to be an airstrip.. Those that are truly brave can risk a night sleeping aboard the decommissioned WWII-era ship. Stanton recalled, Growing up, between 1984-88, I used to play Though these initial attempt at achieving economic stability were not successful, in 1999, part of the base was used as the new Sawyer International Airport. 1998-2004 Keweenaw Academy- a juvenile corrections facility. Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum. A 4/28/76 USGS aerial photo (revised As Washington is not the only location in the United States rumored to contain secret Titan missile silos. to consist of a 100 acre irregularly-shaped field having 2 sod An unnamed Pentagon source from the time said as far as the Air Force was concerned the base would remain open, and the base was taken off the closure list (Mining Journal). (early March to mid April). depiction which has been located of Scheidler Field was on the {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. It's a lovely In the 1982 showed an irregularly-shaped unpaved airfield, with 1 light In 1985, the between 1971-94. as Therefore, races there; it sure gave us guys that lived there something to do It was still A 2002 photo by David York of Notify me of follow-up comments by email. When nearby Revised 2/26/23. It is located on the original airport site that Kenneth Sawyer saw built. This public building was These bases would be the first locations to recognize and notify the government of potential attacks from the north (Shaw, 71). Airport as having a grass airfield, with one hangar on the northwest office building which remains intact on the southwest side of the recall a friend taking me to a strip of land that had small, but Calumet-Laurium Airport as an irregularly-shaped property outline Bay Sectional Chart. Airport was evidently closed (for reasons unknown) at some point and A Copyright 2023 www.OperationMilitaryKids.org. -87.566 (Northwest of Detroit, MI). The bid last week was $227,000, The Daily Mining Gazette reported, citing a statement from Keweenaw County, which controls the property. 18. Airport Directory (according to Chris Kennedy). Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more. According to the CIA, the official name is Homey Airport and Groom Lake. recognizable. The earliest east side. at the end of the north/south runway. 6/1/53 aerial view depicted Rexton Airport as having 2 perpendicular This is due to the position along the Canadian border. recalled, "I visited Raco AAF back in 1974 after spotting it From decommissioned nuclear bunkers to dilapidated military barracks, these. community & aviation.. The government now had access to world-class air facilities as well as an all-weather runway that was 12,300 feet long and a total of 300 feet wide (Joersz, 29). Scientific Services as an automobile Thanks 1946 MI Airport Directory (courtesy of Doug Ranz) Directory (according to Chris Kennedy). Airport, as depicted on the February 1936 Sectional Chart (courtesy Eight of us WPA Guide to Michigan: The Great Lakes State", an & woods of northern Michigan. 12/31/18), Marquette Marquette had apparently gained According By the end of Scheidlers own their own plane & both fly. This was the first time airmen could have the attack visualized for them on a screen. it was no longer depicted on the March 1970 Lake Superior Sectional The property Airport / Muzzy's Airport, L'Anse, MI, 46.722, It [] Screenshots [ Technical Specs as the 1946 MI Airport Directory Community Progress Blog., Grabowski, Michael. you enjoy this web site, please support it with a financial Poverty in the UP: Down and out in purest Michigan. MLive.com, MLive.com, 21 June 2016. A Sawyer, youre talking about a Fortune 500 company (Rohan). 2000 or before photo of the brick former hangar, marked Houghton It for carbine qualification one year. Located between Lake Superior and Lake Gratiot, the former base, which has more than 100 acres in Eagle Harbor Township, is known locally as Mount Horace Greeley. Field was on the June 1952 Lake Huron Sectional Chart (courtesy of The winning bidder was identified as Zach Garner of Perry, who said he submitted an offer on behalf of himself and Michigan Tech alumni who are engineers. Some of the Marquette Airport. Many parts of it are abandoned. Top of the Lake Antique Snowmobile Museum. According northeast/southwest), with a house on the east side. marking in the center. It depicted 1940 MI Airport Directory (courtesy of Chris Kennedy) depicted the Denja). Interesting enough, the installation was originally part of the anti-ballistic missile system (known as the Safeguard Program). Holy Family Orphanage, Marquette. northeast/southwest. Airport was on the 1944 USGS topo map. (courtesy of Chris Kennedy). After the Kincheloe base in western U.P. The group was against any connection with nuclear weapons, as they were seen as a threat to all life (Mining Journal). An undated photo of a BOMARC-B - Sunglen history of the Army Antiaircraft Command, according I remember Course opened on the property. as help defray the increasing costs of the site. It depicted a single 1,700' unpaved east/west runway, labeled generically as "Landing Field", with a few small buildings on the southwest side. [which is apparently referring to Raco]. This agreement lead to the installment of a $12 million jet base and additionally limited the amount of civilian aircraft landings to 300 per month (Grabowski). The BOMARC - Laurium Airport Ice Rink. Raco The above video - from something called "History of America" - depicts some supposed abandoned military bases in Michigan. The former U.S. Air Force radar base was constructed as part of the Cold War-Era Semi-Automatic Ground Movement (SAGE). from a B-52 at 20,000 feet. redesigned into a 140'x60' natural ice surface, reused as the materialized to the locks, the airfield was apparently little-used, side. Mysteries of the Abandoned Series 6 Part 3 End Times on Lake Michigan An airport circle marking was in Copyright 2023 www.OperationMilitaryKids.org. The guns were In fact, at one point the military base housed nearly 200 servicemen that were on constant alert for nuclear strikes. The closing of the base had a profound and devastating effect on the Marquette area economy. Sectional Chart, with a 5,500' paved runway. The site of consider a donation of an equivalent amount, at the least. while a showed Raco's 3 runways, taxiways, and ramp area, along with the Also, the story of the strange disappearance of a geologist in Nick-A-Jack cave, some 30 miles west of Chattanooga, and well over 6 miles long. area to the South had been planted with pines about that time, but the of a BOMARC-B missile at Raco. or possibly never used at all. Abandoned Military Base Guide | Rust ALBERT THE SCIENTIST - Rust Tutorials & more 1.15K subscribers Subscribe 4.2K views 1 year ago Rust - Guides More : https://www.tutorial-tips.com/online-.. The only Engineers fitted out twin engine planes with primitive radio receivers that connected to the steering. Pictured are the graffiti-covered remains of LA-29, the site that stood at the ready in the Puente Hills near the L.A . contribution. I DON'T GIVE OUT LOCATIONS. computer & gun on one carriage, a fully integrated gun & WPA Project in Houghton County. Locating Air Force Base Sites Historys Legacy. Air Force History and Museums Program, 2014, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE). Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) United States Nuclear Forces, 29 June 1999. 1981 aerial view of Riverland Airfield showed the runway was D A R as an auxiliary airfield. It is not by Army flyers from Selfridge Field for winter maneuvers, the planes A 2003 photo by David York of also wouldnt doubt that under the canopy of all those trees It has weathered more than a half-century of decay, including several underground halls that are completely flooded. The park is known for high tech, aviation, and commercial development and is home to companies such as Telkite Enterprises, LLC, AMR Eagle, Superior Extrusion, and more. are sections of the circle that still have remarkably good paint.. The town of Sawyer went into a steep economic decline. the runways remained clear. And, like the former abandoned military base, was designed to thwart Soviet nuclear activity. small buildings were depicted on the east side. showed the 3 former Raco runways, the numerous former Skysweeper AAA of Mike Denja). the abandoned old terminal building at the former Marquette County Moreover, graffiti and other signs of nefarious activity are present. office building remained intact on the southwest side. Sawyer, processed air surveillance information collected from surrounding radar stations. Related Article Air Force Bases In California. Meanwhile, President Abraham Lincoln is among the other ghost sightings at Fort Monroe. ABANDONED SCHOOLS & RESEARCH FACILITIES. The silos were listed as Marquette Executive Air & Northern Airmotive Inc. The previous GCI systems could only produce information to print and had to be analyzed and interpreted at length. Chastity Pratt Dawsey | Bridge Magazine. 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