City police recover cannon following Internet investigation

Rob Eichler, a boom operator for the city of Petoskey, lifted a 1,200 pound Civil War cannon out of the backyard of a Petoskey resident’s home Tuesday afternoon.

According to officials from the Petoskey Department of Public Safety, who located the cannon today after a month-long Internet investigation as to its whereabouts, describe it as an 1863 Hooper Napoleon valued at around $70,000.

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