Yes, of course Lilian Jackson Braun has said that Moose County is make-believe, a "composite", assembled from pastiche from real-life locales familiar to her. But the fictional Moose County has to be situated somewhere within its fictional U.S., doesn't it? And wouldn't identifying their real-life inspirations help us better visualize and understand the myriad Cat Who... locations? Below are two sections, entirely owing to reader support, to help us get a better feel for for that place 400 miles north of everywhere - and elsewhere. (Unfortunately, the orthographically-impaired lawyers at Webshots forced me to take down Eileen Carlan's beautiful "Qwilleran's World" section.)

Chris Jackson's Extensive Dissertations Chris Jackson's extensive research and speculation concerning the actual northern-Michigan locations upon which he believes Moose County is based. Excerpted from a rough draft of a continuing project, but no less amazing in its extremely precise detail.

So where do you think Moose County is? Comments and insightfuls tidbits from readers over the years as to the real-life corresponding location of Up North - and Down Below as well.

Let's travel on back to the Ronald Frobnitz and Family homepage.

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