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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YBN_erwin-central-school_Ironwood-MI.html
In 1909 the newly formed Erwin Township School District built this one-room schoolhouse. The school served the area's Finnish-born mining, logging, and farming families. The township bought the school in 1928 and altered it for use as the Town Hal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GSE_the-truth-behind-the-legend-of-stormy-kromer_Ironwood-MI.html
When they say "cold as heck," they're talking about this place, Kaukauna, Wisconsin. The birthplace of the Stormy Kromer Cap. It was here, in 1903, that George "Stormy" Kromer finally lost his cool. And his hat
He was an engineer on the steam loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUAH_pabst-mine-h-shaft_Ironwood-MI.html
On Friday, September 24th, 1926, a disaster occurred at the Pabst Mine. "G" Shaft, located approximately 300 yards southwest of this spot, collapsed. 3 men riding in the cage freefell 2,600 feet. 43 men were trapped on the 8th level, 727 feet belo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUAE_newport-hill_Ironwood-MI.html
On this site, on October 8, 1871, geologist Raphael Pumpelly of Harvard University discovered one of the iron ore formations that created Gogebic County's "boom era". The Newport Mine, named for Pumpelly's home in Rhode Island, began operations in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUAD_curry-house_Ironwood-MI.html
Here lived Solomon S. Curry, pioneer in the mining industry of the Ironwood area. Curry, a progressive, broad-minded man, was also instrumental in the building of the city of Ironwood, which through his efforts, grew from a wilderness to one of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUAA_copper-peak-chippewa-hill_Ironwood-MI.html
At an altitude of more than 1500 feet, 300 feet above the surrounding terrain, this location was the southernmost area in Michigan to offer a prospect of producing copper in commercial amounts. The Chippewa Copper Mining Company began work here in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUA5_norrie-park_Ironwood-MI.html
This recreational area was named in honor of A. Lanfear Norrie, who in 1882 began to explore for iron ore on the Gogebic Range. His discovery resulted in the opening of the Norrie Mine in Ironwood. Soon other mines, such as the Ashland, Aurora, Pa…