Henry Ford's "Utopian" Towns | Alberta, Michigan

When Henry Ford needed wood and iron ore, he turned to Michigan's Upper Peninsula — and ended up buying and building entire towns in the process. This is the story of Alberta and of Henry Ford's Northern Michigan Operations.

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Special thanks to Dave Stimac and Bob Kreipke for their contributions to this video!

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Correction:
03:35 While this is the story reported by Kreipke, it must have happened earlier than 1934. Thomas Edison passed in 1931.