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“Did y’all know this?” user @DomoDaDonn wrote in response to a post that reads: “Cracker was a slang term for whip. That’s why blacks called whites crackers, from the crack of the whip. A cracker barrel is a barrel that held the whips for sale at the country store. You see the whip going from the R to the K? Racism in your face!!” Advertisement Hide
Needless to say, people were shook at the apparent revelation and took the opportunity to remark on the vibes they get from the restaurant. “It makes sense though,” one said. “I feel like anytime I walked in there I was expecting to get sold out of the gift shop … just slave vibes all around.”
Work continues on the new historical museum in IM
Jan 15, 2021 DAVE FOSTER, LEFT, and Doug Sleik of Carey Construction work on the framing of the north and south display areas in the new Menominee Range Historical Museum in Iron Mountain, across from the Cornish Pumping Engine and Mining Museum. The new location will allow exhibits to be moved from the Carnegie Public Library, the museumâs original home on Ludington Street. (Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo) Workers this summer installed a cement ramp for handicapped access and as an emergency exit on the east side of the Chapin Mine sandstone dry building south of the Cornish Pumping Engine and Mining Museum. (Submitted photo)