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Attention: Some of our local history files are temporarily unavailable, we are working on fixing this issue as soon as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience! 
Access to Menominee Range Memories, Historic Photographs of the Local Area, PowerPoint Presentation, directory information, and Local History Files 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 has been restored!

Menominee Range Memories - The rest of the Story

William Cummings began sharing bi-weekly historical articles with the Iron Mountain Daily News beginning in December of 2015. The library is excited to share additional content and photographs on our website. To learn more about this project, click the link below for the introductory column.

 

 10 Introductory Column

  1. Early History of the Badwater Indian Village
  2. Tom “Wildcat” King, Native American Dickinson County Pioneer
  3. Chippewa Medicine Dance at Chicagoan Lake in 1884
  4. Native American Hunting and Fishing Concerns and the Apprehension of a Murderer
  5. Native American Visits to Early Settlements and the Effects and Repercussions of Their Use of “Firewater”
  6. Early Trading Posts and Half-Way Houses from Menominee North
  7. James and William Dickie’s Trading Posts in Breitung Township
  8. Early Logging on the Menominee and the Sturgeon Rivers
  9. The New York Farm in Norway Township
  10. Thomas Rice, Menominee Range Pioneer
  11. Discovery of Ore on the Menominee Iron Range
  12. Dr. Nelson Powell Hulst, Menominee Range Pioneer
  13. Lewis Young Whitehead, Menominee Range Pioneer
  14. John Lane Buell, Menominee Range Pioneer
  15. Beginnings of the Menominee Range Railroad from 1872 to 1877
  16. Building the Menominee Range Railroad from Powers to Quinnesec in 1877
  17. Extending the Menominee Range Railroad from Quinnesec to Florence from 1877 to 1880
  18. Extending the Menominee Range Railroad from Florence to Crystal Falls from 1881 to 1882
  19. George Runkel, Menominee Range Pioneer
  20. Building the Menominee Range Railroad from Florence to Iron River
  21. The Role of Newspapers in Documenting Early History – Part 1
  22. The Role of Newspapers in Documenting Early History – Part 2
  23. The Role of Newspapers in Documenting Early History – Part 3
  24. The Roaring Twenties – Ford Motor Company’s Arrival Impacts Dickinson County – Building the Plant
  25. The Roaring Twenties – Ford Motor Company’s Arrival Impacts Dickinson County – The Housing Shortage
  26. The Roaring Twenties – Ford Motor Company’s Arrival Impacts Dickinson County – The Classroom Shortage
  27. The Roaring Twenties – Ford Motor Company’s Arrival Impacts Dickinson County – Growth of the Commercial District
  28. The Roaring Twenties – Prelude to the Prohibition Era
  29. The Roaring Twenties – The Prohibition Era Begins (1918-1920)
  30. The Roaring Twenties – Local Prohibition Enforcement Lax in the Early Twenties
  31. The Roaring Twenties – Biggest Local Prohibition Era Prostitution and Liquor Clean-Up Occurred May 3, 1926
  32. The Roaring Twenties – Last Years of the Prohibition Era (1926-1933)
  33. The Roaring Twenties – The Sultan of Swat Visits Iron Mountain on October 28, 1926
  34. The Roaring Twenties – The Pine Gardens, Badwater
  35. The Roaring Twenties – The Nightingale, Badwater
  36. The Roaring Twenties – Other Dance Halls, Pavilions and Resorts in Dickinson County, Michigan
  37. The Roaring Twenties – Other Dance Halls, Pavilions and Resorts in Iron County, Michigan, and on the Wisconsin Boarder
  38. The Roaring Twenties – The Cotterill Sisters, Iron Mountain’s Famous Musical Trio
  39. Gilbert V. Carpenter, Victim of a World War I U-Boat Attack Off the New Jersey Coast
  40. Thomas George Shea-Uren, First Iron Mountain World War I Casualty
  41. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-117 South Stephenson Avenue
  42. Downtown Iron Mountain – 119-129 South Stephenson Avenue
  43. Downtown Iron Mountain – 201-219 South Stephenson Avenue
  44. Downtown Iron Mountain – 221-233 South Stephenson Avenue
  45. Downtown Iron Mountain – 301-309 South Stephenson Avenue
  46. Downtown Iron Mountain – 311-319 South Stephenson Avenue
  47. Downtown Iron Mountain – 321-331 South Stephenson Avenue
  48. Downtown Iron Mountain – 333 South Stephenson Avenue
  49. Downtown Iron Mountain – 300-332 South Stephenson Avenue
  50. Downtown Iron Mountain – 401-413 South Stephenson Avenue
  51. Downtown Iron Mountain – 415-423 South Stephenson Avenue
  52. Downtown Iron Mountain – 425-431 South Stephenson Avenue
  53. Downtown Iron Mountain – 400-430 South Stephenson Avenue
  54. Downtown Iron Mountain – 501-513 South Stephenson Avenue
  55. Downtown Iron Mountain – 515-535 South Stephenson Avenue
  56. Downtown Iron Mountain – West Side of the 500 Block of South Stephenson Avenue
  57. Downtown Iron Mountain – 601-629 South Stephenson Avenue
  58. Downtown Iron Mountain – 201-207 East Fleshiem Street
  59. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-117 East Fleshiem Street
  60. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-120 East Fleshiem Street
  61. Downtown Iron Mountain – 207-219 East Brown Street
  62. Downtown Iron Mountain – 206-218 East Brown Street
  63. Downtown Iron Mountain – 103-117 East Brown Street
  64. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-122 East Brown Street
  65. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-117 West Brown Street
  66. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-118 West Brown Street
  67. Downtown Iron Mountain – 200-224 East Ludington Street
  68. Downtown Iron Mountain – 201-223 East Ludington Street
  69. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-116 East Ludington Street
  70. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-113 East Ludington Street
  71. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-112 West Ludington Street
  72. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-123 West Ludington Street
  73. Downtown Iron Mountain – 200-224 East Hughitt Street
  74. Downtown Iron Mountain – 201-225 East Hughitt Street
  75. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-108 East Hughitt Street
  76. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-115 East Hughitt Street
  77. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-126 West Hughitt Street
  78. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-121 West Hughitt Street
  79. Downtown Iron Mountain – 200-224 East A Street
  80. Downtown Iron Mountain – 201-225 East A Street
  81. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-107 East A Street
  82. Downtown Iron Mountain – 100-122 West A Street
  83. Downtown Iron Mountain – 101-127 West A Street
  84. Downtown Iron Mountain – 200-204 East B Street
  85. Downtown Iron Mountain – 203-221 East B Street