Well, tonight's the night we see how it turns out.
Tonight is the first big Jim Koski ™ History Center tour for the year, the "Wild Wild West: The Forgotten History of West Washington Street" bit that I've been babbling about in here since, oh, January. I have no doubt that the tour itself will be a blast--I've collected some amazing stories, after all--but the one thing I AM worried about is crowd size, and if anyone will die during it.
I'm mostly joking about the last bit, but maybe not.
The first part of the tour will be going up Washington Street from Fourth to Seventh, along some very narrow sidewalks. I've walked the route several times, and I'll admit I'm a little worried that if we get the usual crowd of two to three hundred that there will be no place for everyone to stand as we head down one of Marquette's busiest streets. I mean, we've arranged to have a Boy Scout troop act as crowd control, and the Marquette City Police say they'll try to be there when we try to cross the street, but still--
250 people on narrow sidewalks next to an heavily trafficked street. Past experience has shown it'll be fine, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed nonetheless.
It gets underway at 630 at the History Center if you'd like to brave the odds & join us. We'll head up Fourth, cross Washington there, then cross again at Seventh before heading back to the History Center via the bike path. So if you feel like tempting the odds, you're more than welcome to join us and hear stories about what used to be there, what changed the street 100 years ago this year, and hear tales ranging from a dude to drove a car for 100 hours straight to what I think may be the only documented act of terrorism in Marquette's history.
Like I said, it should be a fun one. Hope you can join us!
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I'll let you know how it turned out, although I won't be doing it tomorrow. Juneteenth is a corporate holiday, so I have the day off, but I'll be back Friday with all the details on how the tour went.
And hopefully, they won't be gory details!
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