Menominee Range History (File 1)

The following local and regional history files have been compiled and transcribed by William John Cummings, local amateur historian, representing ongoing research for the Menominee Iron Range.

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File 1 – Menominee Range History

Index Menominee Iron Range History

Biographies

History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan – 1883
Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan – 1895
Miscellaneous Biographies and Obituaries

Early Explorations

John Lane Buell’s Trip Up The Menominee River – 1876
Reminiscences Found In Newspapers
Trouting On The Brule River By John Lyle King – Excerpts – 1879

Early Newspaper Accounts

Building The Menominee Range Railroad And Early Development Early Accounts Of Dickinson County From The Escanaba Tribune Early Settlement Descriptions From The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan, 1883 Early Accounts Of Dickinson County Mines And Settlements From The Iron Port Letters From The Menominee Range Mines Early Discovery And Development Of The Menominee Iron Range The Menominee Ranger (abridged Version) The Menominee Ranger (unabridged Version)

Fires

Dickinson County, Michigan Iron County, Michigan Menominee County, Michigan Florence County, Wisconsin Marinette County, Wisconsin

Iron Mining And Mining Accidents

Index To The Menominee Range Iron Mines Catalog Of Menominee Iron Range Mining Photographs Early Mining & Mines (1873-1885) Iron Mines – Iron Mountain’s Chapin Mine Iron Mines – History Of Upper Peninsula Of Michigan, 1883 Iron Mines – Later Newspaper Articles Iron Mines Of The Menominee Iron Range The Menominee Iron Range – History Of Its Mines – 1880 Iron Mining – Ardis Furnace And Galena Furnace C Ludington Shaft Of Chapin Mine Collapses On July 27, 1999 Ironing Mining – Cornish Pumping Engine, Chapin Mine A Mining Trail On The Eastern Menominee Range – 1981 Mining Accidents

Trading Posts And Ferries

Charles La Salle’s Trading Post Dickey’s Trading Post – James And William Dickey Miller’s Ferry At Badwater – Paul Miller Mullen’s Trading Post – Patrick Mullen Phillips’ Half-way House

Native American Legends

Native American Legends

Newspapers

Dickinson County Newspapers
Iron County Newspapers
Florence County, Wisconsin Newspapers
Upper Peninsula Newspapers Outside Of The Menominee Iron Range

Photographers And Photo Studios

Early Menominee Range Photographers Early Articles On Amateur Photography Upper Peninsula Ford Motor Company Photography Recent Menominee Range Photographers

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All files uploaded September 2019 unless otherwise noted as updated.