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The Duchy of Iron Article DRAFT PUBLIC Along the rugged Upper Peninsula frontier bordering Wisconsin Territory lies remote Iron County – a heavily forested land known for bountiful timber, mysterious minerals, and violent clashes between frontier settlers and indigenous tribes unwilling to accommodate them. Ruled by the seasoned Baron Vulcan from his well-fortified Harbortown Castle. Iron’s sheltered Echo Bay along Lake Superior initially drew pioneer lumbermen and traders but soon speculation about possible interior metals brought an influx of miners and claim jumpers, resulting in tensions with tribes like the Ottawa who had summered hunting grounds there. After initial violent skirmishes, many tribes retreated northward despite generations of history. As mining hopes faded, Iron transformed into a regional timber exporter, with backwoods logging camps felling giant white pines fed by ships circumnavigating the Great Lakes to build fledgling cities like Chicago. The landscape remains dominated by these immense primordial forests stretching to the shores of numerous tranquil inland lakes. A few hearty settlers manage meager crops on the thin rocky glacial soil during brief summers when black flies torment both man and beast. Winters return early here, often violent and isolating. Travel is largely limited to water routes guarded by Baron Vulcan’s armed fleet based at Harbortown Castle.
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The Duchy of Iron
Article DRAFT PUBLIC
Along the rugged Upper Peninsula frontier bordering Wisconsin Territory lies remote Iron County – a heavily forested land known for bountiful timber
,
mysterious minerals
,
and violent clashes between frontier settlers and indigenous tribes unwilling to accommodate them
.
Ruled by the seasoned Baron Vulcan from his well-fortified Harbortown Castle
.
Iron’s sheltered Echo Bay along Lake Superior initially drew pioneer lumbermen and traders but soon speculation about possible interior metals brought an influx of miners and claim jumpers
,
resulting in tensions with tribes like the Ottawa who had summered hunting grounds there
.
After initial violent skirmishes
,
many tribes retreated northward despite generations of history
.
As mining hopes faded
,
Iron transformed into a regional timber exporter
,
with backwoods logging camps felling giant white pines fed by ships circumnavigating the Great Lakes to build fledgling cities like Chicago
.
The landscape remains dominated by these immense primordial forests stretching to the shores of numerous tranquil inland lakes
.
A few hearty settlers manage meager crops on the thin rocky glacial soil during brief summers when black flies torment both man and beast
.
Winters return early here
,
often violent and isolating
.
Travel is largely limited to water routes guarded by Baron Vulcan’s armed fleet based at Harbortown Castle
.
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