CURWOOD CASTLE

Finished in 1924 in Owosso Michigan, this replica of an 18th Century French Chateau served as a writing studio and meeting place for hometown author James Oliver Curwood. Born in 1978, Curwood studied journalism at U of M before turning to wilderness adventure writing following the tradition of Jack London. Many of Curwood's stories are set in the Canadian Northwest Territories and often used animals as the protagonist. By 1922, he was very wealthy from the success of his writing and subsequently built his Castle. Curwood died in 1927 as the result of a septic bite or sting suffered during a fishing trip in Florida. He bestowed the Castle to the city of Owosso in his will and today it serves as a museum open to the public.