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These Are Some facts about Newberry NNewberry is called the moose capital TThe Tahquamenon waterfall is the second largest waterfall east of the Mississippi river TThe Tahquamenon river was made famous in the Longfellow poem Hiawatha. According to the Indian lore, the origin of the name Tahquamenon is attributed to the water’s amber color.
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Newberry If you think Newberry is a city full of skyscrapers and busy traffic, it’s not. Newberry is a village with lots of forests with wheat fields, grass plains,waterfalls amber colored rivers boat tours and golf. Newberry holds the shipwreck museum In the spring it’s a great fishing season The fall is beautiful when all of the forest leaves change colors
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Here’s the population Population in July 2007: 2,579. Males: 1,661 (64.4%) Females: 918 (35.6%) Median resident age: 33.9 years Michigan median age: 35.5 years
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Newberry’s Latitude is 41 degrees west And the Longitude is 26 Degrees north Newberry’s Latitude and Longitude
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Differences CitiesNewberry Tall buildings Huge airports A lot of traffic CCondos and smaller homes SSmall airports MMore forests NNot a lot of lakes by Newberry (closest is north Manistique lake)
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Did You Know? Did you know that Newberry’s zip code is 49868? Did you know that Newberry’s elevation is estimated at 869 ft.(265 meters)
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Newberry Map Newberry News, Events & Info Show: News Only Photos Only Local Sponsors Only Check for Events Updating map
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Picture Of Tahquamenon River
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Picture of the Forest in Newberry
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Attractions OOswald’s Bear Ranch TTahquamenon falls TTahquamenon river SShipwreck Museum
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Picture of a moose
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Newberry’s first inhabitants were Indians who called their self’s Ojibwas
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More did you know Did you know that Newberry has a mascot called Moe the Moose? Did you know in 1882 this area was called Grant’s Corner that was founded as the logging headquarters of the Vulcan furnace company
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Moose in Newberry Newberry is the Moose Capital of Michigan it has more moose than any city in Michigan
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The weather on 12/2/08 isC Weather Conditions Temp: 19°F Clear Humidity: 93% Wind Speed: 5mph SSE Barometer: 1008 mb Dewpoint: 18°F Heat Index: 19°F Wind Chill: 11°F Sunrise: 8:05 am EST Sunset: 4:58 pm EST Moon: Waxing Crescent Moon Put Newberry weather on your site Last Updated: Dec 2, 2008 9:17 am EST Put Newberry weather on your site
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The climate in January is below 14 degrees F The July the climate is below 66 degrees F The annual snowfall is 32 to 36 inches of snow.
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Unknown Where the first settlers came from What the city was known for The soil in Newberry How people make their living
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Cities by Newberry DollarvilleHelmer Dollarville is one of the cities by Newberry it is only 55 (estimated) miles away from Newberry Helmer is another city around Newberry I don’t know much about Helmer but what I do know is that it is farther away then Dollarville
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Review What is the name of the amber colored river and falls? Name two attractions besides the Tahquamenon River/Falls. How much snow fall does Newberry get in a year? Pop question: what peninsula is Newberry in? How do you spell the amber colored falls and river {the person who gets this right gets a piece of candy}
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Answers Tahquamenon river and Falls Shipwreck museum and Oswald’s bear ranch 32 TO 36 INCHES Upper Tahquamenon
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Info II have a lot of info from different I had to just include the resource that I most used that was the Newberry chamber of commerce AAlso pictures were found at Google images and Newberry chamber of commerce.
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The End Thanks for watching!
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