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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFG_flambeau-trail-little-finland_Hurley-WI.html
Jobs in the iron mines of the Penokee Range! Ample land to homestead!
News of the good life on the Penokee Iron Range brought Finnish immigrants here as early as 1887. By 1900, native born Finns were the largest ethnic group seeking a new life …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMG_penokee-iron-range-trail-historic-iron-county-courthouse_Hurley-WI.html
Ashland County was not willing to have its eastern most township, the Town of Vaughn, "secede" to form a new county in 1887.The Town incorporated Hurley's rich iron ore mines. The community's wealth and population were booming. Iron ore from the P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOMC_this-5-1-2-foot-diameter-drill-core_Hurley-WI.html
This 5 1/2 foot diameter drill core came from the Cary Mine shaft from a depth of 2400 feet below the surface. The shaft was drilled during the period 1942-44 from surface to the 31st level and was later enlarged to its full size of 13X21 feet. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMI_iron-mining-in-wisconsin_Hurley-WI.html
Although iron mining in Wisconsin had its beginnings in Sauk, Dodge and Jackson counties in the southern part of the state in the 1850's, discoveries of vast new deposits shifted the focus to northern Wisconsin in 1880. The major iron mining area …