From the earliest days of The Cisco Land Trust, obstacles seemed to encumber CLT's every move. False starts at Buck Lake, the Baltimore River, Drone Lake and the swamplands of the Presque Isle nearly broke the spirit of these otherwise spirited nomads. Thanks to a pioneering sense of determination and a wad of cash, however, the CLT4 plodded onward until the miraculous discovery of the Cisco Branch in 2003.

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After years of dreaming of the northwoods and pining over pages 96-97 of the Michigan Gazeteer, the first glimpses of the Cisco Branch in early February were stunning.