The Real Lessons From the Michigan Ghost Town Called Singapore

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

The Real Lessons From the Michigan Ghost Town Called Singapore

Entry/Object ID

2025.01.10

Scope and Content

Eight-page color laser-print of an opinion piece posted on the "The Diplomat" website on 28 August, 2024. The essay explores how the fate and meaning of Michigan's Singapore is relevant, or not, to the Republic of Singapore in Asia.

Context

After the Republic of Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong mentioned Michigan's Singapore in a 2024 speech, awareness and curiosity about the "ghost town" has grown in the minds of the Republic of Singapore's people. After multiple visits to the area, and to the SDHC archives, anthropologist Joshua Babcock authored this essay.

Collection

1836 Singapore

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2025.01

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Printed out by Sally Winthers after discovery on a web search.

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Location

Box

039 Singapore

Web Links and URLs

https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/the-real-lessons-from-the-michigan-ghost-town-called-singapore/, https://www.joshuababcock.com/

Create Date

March 21, 2025

Update Date

March 22, 2025