The "Vagabonds" Visit Ford's Imperial Mine on a Camping Trip, Michigamme, Michigan, 1923

Between 1916 and 1924, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs -- the self-styled Vagabonds -- embarked on a series of camping excursions. These Vagabonds enjoyed retreating from the fast-paced world to explore nature and the pre-industrial countryside. In 1923, however, the Vagabonds (minus Burroughs who had died in 1921) visited Michigan's Upper Peninsula and some of Ford's business holdings.