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Mason Ray
This work of historical fiction was written by Mason Ray, our great-grandmother, who was born in Detroit in 1864. After the death of her parents in 1879, she moved north to live wi...ver maisThis work of historical fiction was written by Mason Ray, our great-grandmother, who was born in Detroit in 1864. After the death of her parents in 1879, she moved north to live with her grandparents in Leelanau County. She had moved into the northwestern wilderness of Michigan as the lumbering of the great timber was at its height. Mason saw firsthand how life was during this period of development of civilization in the area. She taught at a district school and personally knew lumberjacks and the other people who had moved into the wilderness and wrote this engaging novel about them in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s.
Mason Ray also ran a resort near the narrows bridge with her husband where they raised their sons, was known for her poetry and also wrote the original story titled “The Mystery of the Missing Nun” a true story of a murder that took place in a near-by town and which was printed in Worldwide Magazine. She died in 1922.
The original manuscript typed on now yellowing and brittle paper has been handed down through the generations. My sisters and I have decided that this story needed to be shared.
Barbara, Candice, Bonnie, Linda (her great-granddaughters)ver menos