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from: http://photos.3scape.net/pic/5307
Before
climbing the stairs, notice that in back of you, on the edge of the
river, entrance pictured right, is the Saugatuck-Douglas
Historical Museum. This author has enjoyed it very much. when you
get to the top you have this view. Back in the
40's you would have seen
the Big Pavilion situated on the river, just to right of the tree.
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.................................................................................................................... Mount
Baldhead
.....This is a huge sand dune covered with trees, in Saugatuck, Michigan. The
best place to see the sand is to climb the steps on its
east side. It rises from
560 ft. above sea level to 800 ft or 240 feet. The stair way has 282,
10 inch high steps with several rest levels.
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This
author has climbed these stairs many times, back in the 40's and 50's.
His school held picnics here. When he got to the top, he
had to jump down a couple
feet. This was because the sand had been pushed down hill by all of the
people who have made it up. They, (we) then ran down through the
sand, stumbling over our self's. What great fun it
was. Later cables
were streatched across the down hill sand trail to stop the flow of
sand.
.....  In
1956 a weather radar tower was built at the top, just to the right
of the steps. it was
built especially for detection of water spouts (tornados) coming
from the west off the lake. One time a spout split into two tornados.
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 Image is from WeatherUnderground/Wunderphotos We were able to see the Big Pavilion at our High School Picnic gathering in the 1950's  Image from web search |
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