John Pelley is a Geriatric Gypsy. He is retired from the rat race of working. He is a full-time RVer, who ran away from home. He began our travels on the East Coast and, like the migrating birds, seek the warmth of the seasons He has discovered volunteering with the National Park System. He has a CD he has recorded of Native American flute music., A Day with Kokopelli. For pictures, links, and more information visit http://www.jmpelley.org.
Marshall is the home of the American Museum of Magic. Illusionists such as David Copperfield, David Blaine, Harry Houdini and other are mesmerizing.
You have to make an appointment to visit the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan. That is what the sign says on the front door. Tours are given by appointment only. The museum contains over one million pieces of memorabilia collected by Mr. Lund before his death. Many of the memorabilia center around Harry Houdini, but other illusionists are also presented. The museum contains many posters. The museum had been opened only to magicians. Now it is open to the general public, by appointment only.
Do not be surprised if no one shows up for your appointment. Mrs. Lund operates the museum. Her not showing up for the appointment is highly unusual, according to the proprietor of the coffee shop next door. She is seventy-five years old. We asked the coffee shop owner to see if someone could make a drive by of her home.
Take a quiet drive around the city. Marshall, Michigan is known for many stately mansions, including the Honolulu House and the Governor to be House. Presently the home of the Marshal Historical society, the "Honolulu House." was built by Abner Pratt in 1860. He was chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1853-1857, and United States Council to Hawaii (1857-1859) under President James Buchanan. The house is a copy of a house in Honolulu, Hawaii, which Abner Pratt enjoyed.
The Governor to be House was built because Marshall had been considered to be in the running to become the state capital. It lost out to Lansing. The house presently is the headquarters of the Mary Marshall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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