Wakefield Village Prospects Highlight Natural and Industrial Assets
The article extols Wakefield as a growing hub with rich forests, fertile lands, and strategic rail access via Chicago & Northwestern and Duluth South & Atlantic lines. It credits natural advantages, timber reserves, and potential for furniture, woodware, paper, and tannery industries, propelled by railroads and expansion in Gogebic County. It profiles Caps Roscorla, mining veteran and Wakefield supervisor, outlining his career across copper country mines and his role in local schools.
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WateGeld
Chicago & Northwestern
Duluth, South & Atlantic Railway
Kke Geld
Sunday Lake
Endom
Ice
Wakefeld
Goreaty
Efeld
Gogebic
Gogebic County
Wakefield
Captain Ned B Roscorla Remembered in Wakefield History
The Wakefield history records Captain Ned B Roscorla of the Brothertown and Sunday Lake wines. Born in Cornwall, Roscorla’s life is a key part of the local story as the narrative notes his origins.
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Wakefield
Ned B. Roscorla
Brothertown
Sunday Lake Wines
Mr. Roscorla
Cornwall
Spaulding Hardware Co. Led Wakefield Prosperity
The Spaulding Hardware Company, managed by E J Shaylor since June 16, 1899, expanded its hardware, coal, and lumber business in Wakefield. Shaylor, born in Green Bay May 5, 1871, rose from bookkeeper to manager, guiding a firm tied to local finance as Wakefield grew from its 1886 incorporation into a bustling village with schools, hotels, and new industries.
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Wakefield
Spaulding Hardware Company
FE. J. Shaylor
E. J. Shaylor
Green Bay
Wis
Appleton
Hart Steamboat Company
Joannes Bros
ISO
Shaylor
Louise Lansing
Captain Alex Johns Leads Pike Properties Venture
Captain Alex Johns a long time resident of the village and commander of Pike properties, immigrated from Cornwall England in 1860 and has since built a mining career across the United States. Under his leadership new buildings and machinery have raised stock value and a new shaft at the Afla indicates the venture’s potential success.
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Capt
Alex Johns
Pike Properties
Grose
Capt. Johns
Cornwall
England
United States
Negaunee
Macumber
Telerouide
Colorado
Serrie City
California
Gogebic Range
Ironwood
Pike Kings
Afla
Johns
Wakefield's Rise From Timber to Mining Town
The article traces Wakefield Michigan's growth from a sparsely timbered wilderness before 1835 to a prosperous village spurred by the Gogebic range ore boom after 1885. It credits the railroad completion, settlers such as J. W. Bedell and J. H. Eddy, and the Brotherton mine’s opening as pivotal. Leadership passed from GC. C. Griffith to Ed Neidhold and finally J. W. Bedell, shaping a civic culture oriented toward enterprise rather than politics.
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Wakelell
Ke Shore
Jean Watersmeet
Ashland
Icago
Northwestern
Wakefield
Gogebic Range
J. W. Bedell
J. H. Eddy
Ed. Neidhold
A. Ringsmuth
Jas. Tobin
A. M. Gondahl
Gogebic County
Brotherton
Pickands, Mather & Co
Jos. Selwood Corpo
Wakefield Store Co Supplies Request
Wakefield Store Co asks customers to visit for a full range of supplies. The notice emphasizes availability of all kinds and urges prompt procurement at the store location.
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Wakefield Store Co
Alquist Brothers Lead Timber and Cord Wood Trade
Alquist Brothers of Wakefield dominate cord wood and mining timber in the peninsula. Gunt Alquist, born 1863 in Sweden, immigrated 1887 to Iron River then Tower and back to Iron River before settling in Wakefield in LS I. Ole Alquist, born 1507 in Sweden, immigrated 1888, lived in Iron River and Norway before moving to Wakefield in 1895. Ole remains a loyal citizen though single. The firm also operates a well cleared farm for leisure time.
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Alquist Bros
Gunt
Alquist
Sweden
United States
Iron River
Tsss
Tower, Minn
Bessemer
Hannah Erickson
Ironwood
Wakefield
Lsi
Ole Alquist
Norway
Ole
Wakefield Growth Predicted To Make City of Wakefield Flourish
Wakefield shows rapid growth with population rising from 2000 to about 2500 this year. Large public buildings and new residences reflect mining and property development. Public works include a kindergarten, a school, and a hose house, signaling a transition from village to city.
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Wakefield
Pike
Chicago
Mikado
Wakefield Store Company Led by Ed Neidhold Since 1902
The Wakefield Store Company has grown from a single building to a double front store with a large warehouse under Ed Neidhold who became manager in 1902. Born in Weyauwega Wisconsin in 1869 he moved to Wakefield at 15 to join the family meat business. He has served as district supervisor town clerk town treasurer and village president and has led the company since its inception.
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Wikefield
AL N. Wescott
GC. C. Griffith
Tod Kenton
Ed Neidhold Pire
J. W. Bedell
Wakefield
Ed Niedhold
Neidhold
Lacrosse
Mr. Neidhold
Weyauwega
Wis
Isso
Chas Neidhold
Village of
Wakefield Store Company
Neivhold
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Clinton
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Phoenix
Reweenaw Counnty
Caps Roscorla
Mies Minzie Kline
Allouez
Mich
Roscorla
N. B. Roscorla
Spaulding Hardware CO
E. J. Shaytor
Alfa
Oliver Mining Co
Tory
Ted Agp
Sevfelt
Upper Peninsula
Waketi
Onry
Connectio
Wakereid
Ame
Alquist Brothers
THE
Silway Company
Ed Neidfeld
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