Iron Mountain in Dickinson County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Robert C. Hoyle

(1910 – 1999)

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, May 11, 2017

1. Robert C. Hoyle Marker

Inscription. Robert C. Hoyle, native of Iron Mountain and a prominent local businessman, was founder of this flourishing historical museum complex. He started at age fifteen to collect artifacts and archival materials relating to Menominee Iron Range history. It became a lifelong pursuit. He and his wife, Audrey Friestrom Hoyle, collected tools and equipment used by loggers, miners, farmers, lumbermen, tradespeople, also personal and household items used in the homes of the early settlers. Hoyle was founder of the Menominee Range Historical Foundation, established in 1969 to acquire the former Carnegie Public Library for a repository for the area’s historical memorabilia. Public support for a museum followed the Hoyles’ donation of a substantial part of their extensive collections. This formed the nucleus of the original historical museum exhibits. Inspired by Hoyle, the Foundation instituted a Founders Club which guarantees perpetuity of the museum complex. The Menominee Range Historical Foundation pays tribute to Robert C. and Audrey Hoyle for their foresight and dedication in preserving the story of the Menominee Iron Range.

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This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.

Location. 45° 49.223′ N, 88° 3.806′ W. Marker is in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in Dickinson County. It is at the intersection of East Ludington Street and Iron Mountain Street, on the right when traveling west on East Ludington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 E Ludington St, Iron Mountain MI 49801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Carnegie Library (here, next to this marker); Dickinson County / Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Italians in Dickinson County (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cornish Pump (approx. half a mile away); James and Ida Goulette

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, May 11, 2017

2. Robert C. Hoyle Marker

with Carnegie Library Marker to the left

(approx. half a mile away); Maria Santissima Immacolata di Lourdes / Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Ardis Furnace (approx. 1.3 miles away); Menominee Iron Range (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Iron Mountain.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, May 11, 2017

3. Robert C. Hoyle Marker

Menominee Range Museum, former Carnegie Library building

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2017, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 24, 2017, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.