Ironwood in Gogebic County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Hiawatha
The World's Tallest Indian
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2022
1. Hiawatha Marker
52 ft. high
18,000 lbs
All fiberglas
Erected 1964 by Ironwood Chamber of Commerce.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 46° 26.984′ N, 90° 9.73′ W. Marker is in Ironwood, Michigan, in Gogebic County. It is at the intersection of Beech Street and East Houk Street, on the left when traveling south on Beech Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ironwood MI 49938, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and on Lake Superiors South Shore Region. 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Commemorating the Iron Ore Industry (within shouting distance of this marker); Miners Memorial Heritage Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Curry House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Italians on the Gogebic Iron Range (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ironwood City Hall (approx. 0.6 miles away); Worldwide Daffodil Project (approx. one mile away in Wisconsin); Leon Lawrence Lewis / The Jewish Community of the Gogebic Range (approx. one mile away in Wisconsin); Penokee Iron Range Trail Historic Iron County Courthouse (approx. one mile away in Wisconsin). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ironwood.
Also see . . . Hiawatha Statue.
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Such road art was once seen all over the United States just after the creation of the Interstate Highway System by President Eisenhower in the 1950s, but now there are very few examples left, and certainly very few of the size of Ironwoods Hiawatha!(Submitted on August 22, 2025, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2022
2. Hiawatha Marker
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2022
3. Hiawatha Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 5, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
