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DESTINATION

Milan

The prosperity lasted until the town refused right-of-way to the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. The railroad went through Norwalk instead, and Milan's commerce abruptly declined. To add to the city's problems, deforestation caused the river to diminish and become unnavigable. By the 1870s the canal was abandoned, and Milan entered an era of light industry and farming.

Things to Do

Edison Birthplace Museum

Milan Historical Museum

Edna Roe Newton Memorial Building

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