| We retired from owning a high-pressure, fast
paced new product development company in Lower Michigan and sold the
business to our key managers who are continuing to successfully run
the business today. |
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| After our arrival in the Silver City area, we
purchased a Hummer H2 so that we felt comfortable exploring the 3.5
million acre Gila National Forest and surrounding southwest region.
We figured we couldn't see it all in our lifetime. |
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| We became fascinated with the old southwest
cemeteries and wrote a pictorial coffee table book on ghost town
cemeteries. We are intrigued with the histories these cemeteries
hold when we look beyond the surface. One of the cemeteries we
spent much time exploring was the Georgetown Cemetery and we fell in
love with the Georgetown area. |
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We had a standing inquiry with Tim Donovan, a
local realtor, that we'd be interested in property that bordered on
the forest or Bureau of Land Management land. One day while
returning on a trip to look at property near the intersection of NM
15 and NM 35
Tim mentioned that he had an old mining claim near the old town of
Georgetown. We were surprised to learn that there was private land
around Georgetown. Tim explained that there were a couple of mining
claims and one called the McGregor was complicated by difficulty in
obtaining surveys and clear title. Not ones to back away from a
challenge, we made an offer contingent upon us handling the title
work and surveys and the rest is history. |
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| Although Jon's education was in the engineering
field, his work life was spent in corporate management. My pursuit
of education brought me to Michigan to pursue a Masters degree in
psychology. While working at the engineering company as its
president, I went on to complete my Ph.D. in industrial and
organizational psychology. |
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| Georgetown Cabins is our way of continuing our
creative expressions while sharing a beautiful and historic area
with our guests. |
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| Jon and Susie |
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