Gogebic County History and Early Mining Records
Gogebic County history notes 1872 exploration attempts, Colby mine discovery by Dick Langsford in 1884, and early Ironwood Bessemer Wakefield development. County board actions 1887 1889, courthouse site, village incorporation, and first officials. Geography geology climate and drainage described with Mad River to Lake Superior rock formations. Safety records and ore production figures span 1888 1935 with notes on pre Cambrian rocks and Ironwood district geology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Langsford
Colby
Bessemer
Charles Johnson
Nat Moore
Langford
Ontonagon
Ironwood
Ironwood and
Wakefield
George Dukee
D. E. Sutherland
James S. Monroe
Gogebic County
Portage Lake Canal
Watersmeet
Gogebic
Michigan
Greenwich
Montreal
Black
Presque Isle
Cheney Lake
Mississippi Valley
Menominee River
Lake Michigan
Lake Super Township
Mt. Zion
Lake Superior Park
Curry Park
Montreal River
Lake Superior Road
Black River
Black River Park
Lake Superior
Ramsay Township
Sunday Lake
Eddy Park
Presque Isle River
Lake Gogebic
Sault Ste. Marie
Gogebiec County
Lac Vieux Desert
Hotchkiss
Barrett & Barrett
Keith
Tund
K. C. Allen
Barrett
F. L. Carppenter
Copps
Conover
Vieux Desert
Marenisco
Manitowish
Turtle Ranges
Killarney
Keweenawan
Tyler
Plymouth
Palms
Five Years Ago in Ironwood News Highlights
Five years ago June 26 1931 Ironwood scene included Waino Kantala dying after a car crash on the First and Last corner. A Friday lightning storm ended a heat spell and destroyed Gustave Swanberg’s farm home near Puritan. School board purchased and planned moves for the Kuivinen house and Bayliss house. Parsonage contract awarded for Trinity Lutheran church. Numerous weddings and local baseball results for Bessemer and Marquette. Commencement at Oberlin and 30 seniors named. Large fire at Gile destroyed fourteen business buildings. Fifth ward school bid awarded to Larson Olson. Duda starts an insurance business July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waino Kantala
Ironwood
Grand View Hospital
Gustave Swanberg
Puritan
E. J. Kuivinen
Charles Bernald
Ralph Olson
Kuivinen
Bayliss
Capt
A. B. Pence
Johnson & Lundsrud
Trinity Lutheran Church
C. R. Cobb
North Moore Street
Peter Carpenedo
Gold Street
Charles Jezek
North Bessemer School
Jennie Oster
Palmer, Mich
Arthur Basket
Bessemer
Negaunee
Florence Hughes
Henry James
Christine James
Wakefield
George Johnson
Antoinette Destasio
Dominic Longhini
Anvil
Anna Olson
Josephine Serra
Fred E. Keeler
Lansing
Jennie Elizabeth Anderson
Clara Margaret Apitz
Joseph A. Blaha
Alice Loretta Connelly
Gladys Louise Gray
Herbert Paul Hagen
Edna Marianne Holdorf
Jessie Maude Jewell
John J. Knobloch
Leonard C. Kalasavicz
J. Howard Lobb
Lelia Mary Luxmore
Wilfred Bernard Massie
Ellen McKie
Anna Alfred Olson
Margaret Ebbite Pascoe
John Arthur Pelander
Kathryn Laurette Roman
Mary Camilla Rupp
Rose June Silverman
Lillie Marie Sippola
Lewis Edmund Skwor
Josephine Mary Serra
Gordon Rupert Thomas
Percy E. Thomas
Margaret E. Urquhart
Charles James Womastek
Elmer Raymond Walton
Weddings and Local News From Hurley and Vicinity
Selections note multiple 1901 weddings in Hurley Bes semer Anvil Palms and Palmer. Also report Lake Superior Powder Company buying 40 acres near city for a new powder house. Colby mine derailment. Iron ore discovery near Mellen by James Guest. Skerbeck circus delay due to Anton Skerbeck’s death. Wakefield school bond vote July 5 for three new schools. One Price Cash Store to move Fred Otto building. Mentions George Strong and Dr G L Loope trips. Ends with cosmic dust definition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Dahlheimer
Hurley
John Michels
Bessemer
Emma Rowe
Anvil Palms
W. H. Williams
Duluth
Bella Wettstein
Palmer
Thomas Whitburn
Lake Superior Powder Company
Fred Otto
Colby
James Guest
Hurley Cruiser
Penokee Range
Mellen
Sherbeck Circus
Anton Skerbeck
Staples
Minn
Dorchester
Wis
Skerbeck
Wakefield Township
One Price Cash
Herald
Mr. Otto
John Morse
George Strong
Pacific Coast
G. L. Loope
New Attendance Record At Meet In Menominee
Over 609 people attended sessions of the 25th annual Upper Peninsula Development Bureau meeting in Menominee June 17 and 18, setting a new attendance high. Gogebic directors were elected, and speakers included Mrs. Frederick M. Alger and Douglas Malloch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Menominee
Annals of Bureau
Frank Abelman
Bessemer
R. A. Heidemann
W. G. Peterson
Ironwood
Gogebic County
Riverside Country Club
Frederick M. Alger
Detroit
James Fisher
Michigan Tech
B. V. Moore
Minneapolis
Frank P. Sullivan
Sault Ste. Marie
Douglas Malloch
America
John R. Merrifield
John P. Norton
Escanaba
Herman Holmes
Crystal Falls
C. J. McCauley
Wells
George E. Bishop
Marquette
Thornton A. Green
Ontonagon
A. T. Roberts
George W. McCormick
Leo C. Harmon
Manistique
M. J. Fox
Iron Mountain
J. S. Weidman, Jr
Trout Creek
Edward A. Hamar
Chassell
Joohn M
Where Does Bonus Money Go Legion Figures It All Out
A Legion survey shows how bonus funds would be spent across sectors including debts liquidation 31.4 percent home acquisition or repair 24.5 percent savings education and insurance 12.7 percent investment 7 percent furniture and equipment 7.8 percent clothing 7 percent and autos 6.2 percent. The writer also comments on politics noting inauguration in 1987 and calls for independent thinking beyond party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Washington
American Legion
Michigan troopers to gain three new barracks this summer
Three new trooper posts will be built in the sixth WPA district at Iron Mountain Wakefield and L Anse with a fourth at Marquette being improved A second story addition and other upgrades are planned for the Marquette state police headquarters The Iron Mountain post will be the largest costing about 17000 with WPA funding 16533 and sponsor 600 Work on L Anse Wakefield and Marquette progresses with completion expected by July and June dates for the Gaylord outdoor festival set for June 26 to 28
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Otis Hotchkiss
Michigan College of Mines
Polytechnic of Troy
Century of Progress
Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Northland
A T. Sweet
WPA
Iron Mountain
Wakefield
L’anse
Marquette
Iron Mt
L'Anse
Wakefield Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iron Wood
Ironwood Weather Bureau
Agricultural Experiment Station
Michigan State College
William Ives
Great Lakes Exposition
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Carolyn Carpentier
Verona
Robert Strausser
Houghton
Doris Spangoletti
Francis Curcio
Mollie Stonemark
Arthur Anderson
Bessemer City
Upper Peninsula Legion
Michaelson
Asher
Skarin
James
Dennis
Janov
Webb
Torzewski
Nespo
Trevarthen
Duray
Hoeft
Urquhart
Belanger
Emblem
Henne
Reidy
Prendercast
LaMere
Richardson
Harris
Fats
Hoffman
Bud Sincock
Scavarda
Fats—LeClaire
C. Anderson
O. Johnson
Graham
Church
Velin
J. Scavarda
U. P. Development Bureau
Joseph H. Bottkel
H. P. Lindsay
Chas. A. Wright
Hancock
W. J. Cummings
Roger M. Andrews
E. L. Pearce
Green Bay
Wabash
C. F. Whiteshield
Fred F. Folger
Ontario Tourist Bureau
Niagara Falls
Canada
Eusebio Concialdi
Kellogg Patterson
Cincinnati Times-Star
Concialdi
Ka-que-tosh
Ka-she-bwa
Herald-Leader
Menominee Commercial Club
Menominee County
J. E. Jones
Congress
United States
White House
Philadelphia
Gaylord
Mich
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