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He installed solar panels on the roof - which were later taken down by President Ronald Reagan - and passed laws to protect millions of acres of unspoiled land in Alaska from development.

It’s an unspoiled area, where dense forests line the shore of Lake Huron.

Thankfully, even today much of it still remains unspoiled.

Many read such descriptions and sigh wistfully, wishing they had that life – those children filling a large home on unspoiled acreage.

“The story helps us contemplate the unspoiled wilderness these people saw in 1912 and how much we have changed it in just 110 years,” Wilson said.