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Coming home to Empire

Coming home to Empire
Mike Bolton, fourth generation Empire resident, has a love for the area that has never wavered. Mike and his wife, Ruthy, are Glen Lake High School sweethearts that returned home full-time in 2012. Courtesy photo

Bolton represents fourth generation

Located on the Leelanau-Benzie county line in Empire Township, resides Mike and Ruthy (Pleva) Bolton on the family centennial farm.

Mike is the fourth generation to inhabit the farm, settled in 1895 by his great grandfather, Camiel Mannens (Manning), 10 years after arriving from Belgium.

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