Alabaster
A ghost town in Tawas City, Michigan, Alabaster is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The gypsum town—the company houses on the bay. The archive files it under ghost towns, industry and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Alabaster haunted?
The record holds 1 claim — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed anecdotal. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
Alabaster is the flown — the 'buckets rode' that's the tramway's way, the 'mile and half' that's the cable's span. The 'White City' is the built — the '1893' that's the fair's year, the 'gypsum walls' that's the marble's fake. The 'fire fast' is the rebuilt — the '1891' that's the burn's year, the 'just in time' that's the expo's luck.
The 'shallow kept' is the reason — the 'ships couldn't' that's the depth's lack, the 'tramway' that's the fix's form. The 'company town' is the matched — the 'identical houses' that's the workers' homes, the 'pit 400' that's the district's acres. Alabaster is the marked — the 'NRHP '77' that's the listing's year, the 'tramway gone' that's the '90s' loss.
The file keeps Alabaster: the flown buckets, the White City's walls, the fast rebuild, and the matched houses.
Alabaster is the archive's Michigan file — the gypsum mine that shipped rock through the air.
Why this file matters
Alabaster is the archive's Michigan file — the quarry that built Chicago's White City.
A mine keeps its cable — the file's suggestion being that Alabaster's hold is the flown: the 'buckets' that's the tramway's way, the 'White City' that's the fair's build, and the 'shallow' that's the cable's reason.
The record of claims
Reported a presence in the buildings. The town has more past than present; the reports are the past refusing to stay past. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. Sources including 'Alabaster' keep the claim in circulation. The apparition is the file's anchor — every other report orbits it.
Documented history
The company town’s history is documented. Alabaster's history is documented — boom, bust, and desertion all on record, the lore layered on top. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Alabaster' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01AlabasterWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
lakes batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.