Hard Luck, Michigan

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Hard Luck, Michigan
Ghost town
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Hard Luck
Location within the state of Michigan
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Hard Luck
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 44°04′18″N84°11′35″W / 44.07167°N 84.19306°W / 44.07167; -84.19306
CountryUnited States
State Michigan
County Gladwin
Township Grim
Elevation
764 ft (233 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1617608 [1]

Hard Luck is a ghost town in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] [2]

Hard Luck is located within Grim Township in the Au Sable State Forest about 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Gladwin.

The settlement was involved in the lumber trade. [3]

It had a station along the Michigan Central Railroad and contained its own post office briefly from April 24, 1904 until August 31, 1906. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hard Luck
  2. ↑ Sigsby, Rick (2008). Gladwin County. Arcadia. p. 7. ISBN   9780738552477.
  3. ↑ Payne, Amy L. (July 21, 2008). "Gladwin County History Chronicled in New Photo Book". MLive.
  4. ↑ Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 251. ISBN   978-0-8143-1838-6.
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