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The Story of Empire
Posted: 06.28.2012 at 9:04 PM
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Situated in Leelanau County, with a population that's never really reached above 1,000, the village of Empire has gone through several transformations. It was settled in the mid-1850s by John Leroux and named after one of two ships that ran aground in the region.

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