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2 unusual facts about Ludington


Antoine Ephrem Cartier

Antoine Ephrem Cartier (1836–1910) was a businessman famous for helping develop the beginnings of Ludington, Michigan, in the nineteenth century.

Murphy Jensen

Murphy Jensen (born October 30, 1968) is an American professional tennis player from Ludington, Michigan, and currently the coach of the Washington Kastles of World TeamTennis.


Eber Brock Ward

Starting around 1852 Ward acquired timber lands along the Pere Marquette River in Lake County, Michigan near the Ludington area.

James Ludington

On October 11, 1854 Ludington loaned funds to George W. Ford for a sawmill operation in what was then known as the village of Pere Marquette in the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Ludington and Northern Railway

On July 18, 1901, the name was changed to Ludington and Northern Railway when Justus Smith Stearns purchased it.

Mary Scotvold

In the mid-1970s, after separating from Ludington, she began coaching at the Wagon Wheel rink in Rockton, Illinois, where her pupils included a young Scott Hamilton.

PM Toledo Division

The Toledo Division was the southern half of the Pere Marquette Railway's main line, which ran from Ludington, Michigan (on the coast of Lake Michigan) to Toledo, Ohio (on the coast of Lake Erie).

U.S. Route 10 in Michigan

US 10 continues east around the north side of town and runs parallel to the Pere Marquette State Trail, an east–west rail trail that follows the Ludington Division of the Pere Marquette Railway.

U.S. Route 31

All of US 31 between Ludington, Michigan, and Indianapolis, Indiana, is divided highway—some of it is freeway, including a bypass route of South Bend, Indiana.

WKLA

WKLA-FM, an FM radio station licensed to Ludington, Michigan


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