Dickinson County History (File 2)
File 2 – Dickinson County History
Accidental Deaths, Drownings and Suicides
Agriculture and Fairs
Births, Obituaries, Weddings Printed in Early Newspapers
Celebrations, Circuses, Contests and Parades
Cemeteries
SAGOLA TOWNSHIP – CHANNING CEMETERY
WAUCEDAH CEMETERY – WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP
IRON MOUNTAIN CEMETERY 1
IRON MOUNTAIN CEMETERY 2
NORWAY CEMETERY 1
Chamber of Commerce
Churches
IRON MOUNTAIN –KINGSFORD CHURCHES
NORWAY, VULCAN, AND LORETTO CHURCHES
City of Iron Mountain
BUSINESS BLOCKS
BUSINESS DISTRICT STREET BY STREET 1879-1942
B STREET
BROWN STREET
CARPENTER AVENUE
FLESHIEM STREET
HUGHITT STREET
IRON MOUNTAIN STREET
LUDINGTON STREET
MERRITT AVENUE
STEPHENSON AVENUE – EAST SIDE
STEPHENSON AVENUE – WEST SIDE
CITY OF IRON MOUNTAIN - EARLY ACCOUNTS AND GROWTH
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT
HISTORY OF IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN BY THE IRON MOUNTAIN WOMEN'S CLUB, FEBRUARY 20, 1914
IRON MOUNTAIN CENTRAL HISTORIC DISTRICT NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APPLICATION – 2013
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1879-1927 – IRON MOUNTAIN
City of Kingsford
GOVERNMENT
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1925-1927- KINGSFORD
City of Norway
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
EARLY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
GOVERNMENT
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1885-1927 - NORWAY
The Norway Fire of 1888 and the Rebuilding of the Business District in Old Town (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
County Government
The Dickinson County Court House and Jail: The Seat of Government and Justice for Michigan’s Newest County (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Crime and Prohibition
Dickinson County Festival of the Arts Tour Booklets 1979-1993 - Fifteen historic booklets produced in conjunction with the Dickinson County Festival of the Arts - copies are available in print at the Dickinson County Library and some are available digitally with the links below.
INTRODUCTION AND AN HISTORIC PATH THROUGH DOWNTOWN IRON MOUNTAIN – 1980
A MINING TRAIL ON THE EASTERN MENOMINEE RANGE – 1981
A TOUR PAST SOME HISTORIC HOMES OF NORWAY – 1982
FORD COMES TO IRON MOUNTAIN: THE BIRTH OF KINGSFORD – 1983
The Evolution of the Public Library in Michigan's Dickinson County - 1984 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
THE HOUSE ATOP THE HILL – AN HISTORIC HOME THAT BECAME THE CHIPPEWA CLUB – 1985
THE QUINNESEC FIRE OF 1906 – 1986
A Fond Recollection of Iron Mountain's Oldest, Largest, and Finest Hotel 1877 to 1987 - 1987 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
The Dickinson County Court House and Jail: The Seat of Government and Justice for Michigan's Newest County - 1988 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
The Norway Fire of 1888 and the Rebuilding of the Business District in Old Town - 1989 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Waucedah: Site of the First Mine to Ship Ore from teh Menominee Iron Range and the First Stop on the Menominee River Railway - 1990 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
ALL ABOARD – ALONG THE TRACKS IN DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN – 1990
EARLY CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF DICKINSON COUNTY PIONEER FARMS – 1992
News from Around the County in 1904: Early Contemporary Accounts from the Iron Mountain Press [1896-1920] - 1993 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Dickinson County Reminiscences
Iron Mountain
1912 HORSE & BUGGY RIDE FROM FELCH TO IRON MOUNTAIN
LANDSCAPE IS DIFFERENT – SO ARE THE HANGOUTS
LEONORA A. CROWELL LETTERS 1882-1885
NORTH SIDE REMINISCENCES FROM SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES OF DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN
PAPA AND THE FERRIS WHEEL [JOHN TYLER JONES FAMILY]
REMINISCENCES FROM BORN FROM IRON 1879-1979
THE MIDWAY [HUGHITT STREET], IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN
Kingsford
NEW BEGINNINGS – LIFE IN EARLY BREITUNG
RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON KINGSFORD’S FORD PLANT
REMINISCENCES SUBMITTED FOR KINGSFORD DIAMOND JUBILEE BOOK
Early Place and Street Names and Miscellaneous Locations
Entertainment
Ethnic Groups
IRON MOUNTAIN – THE BLENDING OF MANY CULTURES [BORN FROM IRON]
Ford Motor Company
2 – BRIEF CHRONOLOGY 1920-1951
3 – DETAILED CHRONOLOGY 1909-1924
4 - DETAILED CHRONOLOGY 1909-1961
5 – KINGSFORD’S FORD PLANT COMPLEX
6 – CHEMICAL PLANT
7 – GLIDER PRODUCTION AT FORD PLANT
8 – EMPLOYEE MATTERS AND ACCIDENTS
9 – FORD AIRPORT AND FORD AIRPLANES
10 – LAST FORD PLANT WHISTLE
11 – DEMOLITION OF FORD SMOKESTACKS
12 – IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS
13 – HENRY FORD IN DICKINSON COUNTY
14 – FORD PLANT BUILDINGS STILL STANDING IN 2010
15 – FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN L’ANSE, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN
FORD COMES TO IRON MOUNTAIN: THE BIRTH OF KINGSFORD - 1983
FORD’S FABULOUS FLIVVER, THE KINGSFORD HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT
Game and Wildlife
Geographic Features
Hospitals, Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Optometrists, Vets
Hotels, Motels and Boarding Houses
A Fond Recollection of Iron Mountain's Oldest, Largest, and Finest Hotel 1877 to 1987 - 1987 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Industrial Development
Logging and Lumbering
SAWMILLS
LOGGING
VON PLATEN-FOX LUMBER COMPANY
Michigan State Police Post
Military
COMPANY E OF THE MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
MILITARY VETERANS
WARTIME STORIES FROM THE HOMEFRONT
THE GREAT WAR – WORLD WAR 1
Miscellaneous Amusing Humorous and Interesting Incidents
Newspaper Accounts
MENOMINEE RANGE, QUINNESEC, MENOMINEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN 3-19-1879
THE CURRENT, NORWAY, MICHIGAN – MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
THE MENOMINEE RANGE, IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN – MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
THE RANGE-TRIBUNE MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES 1897-1898
Residences for Sale or Under Construction
THREE HISTORIC HOME WALKING PATHS IN IRON MOUNTAIN - 1979
A TOUR PAST SOME HISTORIC HOMES OF NORWAY - 1982
THE HOUSE ATOP THE HILL – AN HISTORIC HOME THAT BECAME THE CHIPPEWA CLUB – 1985
Schools and Libraries
RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS
RURAL SCHOOLS
BREITUNG TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
IRON MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS
IRON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL TEACHERS
IRON MOUNTAIN'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL
NORTH DICKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT
NORWAY SCHOOLS
NORWAY TEACHERS
LIBRARIES
The Evolution of the Public Library in Michigan's Dickinson County - 1984 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Sports
SPORTS AND ATHLETIC CONTESTS
WPA, DICKINSON COUNTY MADE PINE MOUTAIN DREAM A REALITY: COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS CRUCIAL TO DEPRESSION-ERA PROJECT
Township of Breen
FOSTER CITY NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
HARDWOOD NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1887-1927 – FOSTER CITY
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1895-1927 – HARDWOOD
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1885-1927 - HYLAS
Township of Breitung
GRANITE BLUFF NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
MUNRO MINE NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
QUINNESEC
QUINNESEC NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
THE QUINNESEC FIRE OF 1906-1986
QUINNESEC NOTES BY JOHN ALQUIST
QUINNESEC – EARLY NEWS ARTICLES
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1891-1927 – GRANITE BLUFF
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1895-1927 – MERRIMAN
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1879-1927 – QUINNESEC
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1919-1927 – RICHARDSBURG
Township of Felch
FELCH MOUNTAIN RANGE DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN – FELCH NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1907-1927 – FELCH
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1885-1927 - METROPOLITAN
Township of Norway
NORWAY NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
STURGEON MILL NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
VULCAN NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1879-1927 – VULCAN
VULCAN – EARLY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
Township of Sagola
R.K. POLK'S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1889-1927 - FLOODWOOD
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1895-1927 – RANDVILLE
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1891-1927 – SAGOLA
A HISTORY OF CHANNING, MICHIGAN BY VIOLA STEVENS
SAGOLA TOWNSHIP
CHANNING NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
FLOODWOOD NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
HOLMES LANDING NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
RANDVILLE NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
SAGOLA NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
Township of Waucedah
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1879-1927 – WAUCEDAH
WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP
LORETTO NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
STATE ROAD NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
WAUCEDAH NEWS COLUMNS FROM THE IRON MOUNTAIN PRESS
WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP EARLY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
Waucedah: Site of the First Mine to Ship Ore from teh Menominee Iron Range and the First Stop on the Menominee River Railway - 1990 (Available in print at the Dickinson County Library)
Township of West Branch
R.K. POLK’S MICHIGAN GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRIES 1903-1927 – BRYDEN/RALPH
WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP
RALPH MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
Transportation
AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLES
BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES
BOATS AND OTHER WATERCRAFT
HORSE-DRAWN TRANSPORTATION
RAILROADS
ALL ABOARD! ALONG THE TRACKS IN DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN - 1990
ROADS AND BRIDGES
TRANSPORTATION-RELATED ACCIDENTS
Transportation - Sinking of the Titanic
WIHELM SKOOG FAMILY
WILLIAM AND ANNA SKOG CAPTION FOR DICKINSON DIGGINGS, MAY, 2012
WILLIAM AND ANNA SKOG FAMILY RESEARCH MATERIAL FROM THE INTERNET
U.S. Postal Service
Utility Companies and Water Supplies
Weather and Natural Disasters