The Apple Blossom Trail, established in 1994, begins on the south end in Caspian on a spur off the Chicago & Northwestern Main Line. It is located along the Iron River, which joined the three cities of Caspian, Stambaugh, and Iron River . . . — — Map (db m213376) HM
The log cabin was built in 1913 by John Fiina Koski for his family of 3 and located on M-189. It was donated to the museum in 1971 and was the museum’s first log building. — — Map (db m213439) HM
Alois Dober established the first homestead in 1882. Other early homesteaders were Frank Grieninger, Joseph Brady, Elisha Morgan and Patrick Fogarty. A small business center had sprung up on the section line along the eastern limits of the Fogarty . . . — — Map (db m213349) HM
This ore car is dedicated to the Chicago Northwestern Railway and to the railroad men and miners who produced the ore to be hauled. The rails were extended to Iron River and Crystal Falls in 1882. In the first year 29,115 tons of ore were shipped. . . . — — Map (db m213344) HM
Donor: Odgers Drilling Company, 1922-1968. This is one of two complete diamond drills surviving today and the 2nd one is located in Australia. These drills were used for exploration of mine bodies and brought up tubes of sample ore that were . . . — — Map (db m213458) HM
Follow this map and step into Iron County's past. Can you imagine your family living in one of these cabins? Dates of construction and original locations of buildings are listed below: 1. The Soderquist Barn and Sheds, 1890, Bates Township . . . — — Map (db m213415) HM
Car #1: A 1920 electric locomotive with 4 motors and weighs 10 tons with a speed of 6.6 MPH. The wooden boom connected this car to the overhead power line for direct current. The driver stood on the rear of the car. Car #2: Mucking machine . . . — — Map (db m213457) HM
A great deal of dynamite was used to open veins of iron ore underground in the mine. The dynamite for the Caspian Mine was stored here, in this underground bunker. — — Map (db m213460) HM
Look at the buildings, equipment, and other artifacts on display. Dates of construction and original locations are listed below. 1. The Johnson Cabin (Office), ca. 1900, Paint Lake, Iron River Township 2. The Cookhouse/Bunkhouse, ca. 1920, Paint . . . — — Map (db m213386) HM
The Beechwood Cabin was built in 1890, donated by Art Ranta and moved to the museum in 1972. Art Lindahl donated the lumber for the floor and roof boards. The Oberg family donated some of the furniture and the cradle. — — Map (db m213437) HM
At 3:25 pm on June 17, 1937, the Caspian Mine's 60-foot-tall steel No. 2 shafthouse, one of four standing at the time, dropped out of sight beneath the muddy waters of a pit that suddenly opened next to it. The wooden No. 3 shaft also fell into the . . . — — Map (db m213315) HM
This "garden" area was originally the Cooling Pond for the operation of the Caspian Mine. The engines that ran the equipment in the mine were cooled with water. The water was pumped to this open pond and cooled and sent back to cool the equipment. . . . — — Map (db m213459) HM
This sauna from 1900 was originally located on the Alto farm in Beechwood, Michigan, donated by William and Senia Maki and moved to the museum in 1986. This is a traditional Finnish bath house. — — Map (db m213440) HM
The Johnson Homestead Cabin was acquired in 1973. It was built in 1906 by pioneer Martin Johnson and was located in the Paint Lake Area. In 1920 it became the office of the Sharrard Logging Camp. — — Map (db m213388) HM
These jams were used to lift logs onto sleighs in the woods that took the logs to the railroad. Also, used to lift logs off sleighs and on to railway cars that transported the logs to the mills. — — Map (db m213412) HM
This barn was built by settler, Kaleva Puotinen in about 1900 using special Finnish construction of door frames. Donated to the museum by Dr. Arthur Puotinen. — — Map (db m213433) HM
The Kinkner/Kline log home, built around 1890 in Bates Township, Sunset Lake area. The donor was Major John Huska, U.S.A.F. The house was converted into a storage barn. — — Map (db m213441) HM
In Memoriam to the Finnish Pioneers who adopted this land as their own, settled here in 1850 and after, and became a constructive force in the economic and social life of our country, in its lumbering, mining, and farming. Finnish . . . — — Map (db m143001) HM
This county was set off in 1885 from Marquette and Menominee counties. Iron ore deposits which gave the new county its name were the first on the Menominee Iron Range to be discovered. Shipping of ores began in 1882 when the railroad came in. Iron . . . — — Map (db m106026) HM
The site of the Iron County Courthouse was finally settled following a series of mischievous manipulation and political intrigue back in 1888. The temporary county seat, Iron River, had been established in 1885 when Iron County was severed off from . . . — — Map (db m106027) HM
July 4th 1661 As a matter of conjecture
Father Menard somewhere along this river either died or
was murdered while on his way
southward from L’Anse to visit the Menominee Indians — — Map (db m125036) HM
Here, in 1851, U.S. surveyor Guy H. Carleton discovered an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian village, cemetery and camp ground. Chief Edwards, last ruler at Chicaugon Lake, received a patent for this land in 1884. Selling it in 1891, he and his wife Pentoga, . . . — — Map (db m103462) HM
Discover the site of a pre-European Native American settlement and permanent area headquarters where Ojibwe bands congregated. Wooden burial structures protect and mark graves of these ancient bands. When Chief Edwards moved towards Lac Vieux Desert . . . — — Map (db m103463) HM
In 1918 the Iron County Board of Supervisors approved the recommendation of the road commission, through its engineer-manager, Herbert F. Larson, to purchase this 320-acre tract of roadside virgin timber and to dedicate it as a forest preserve. The . . . — — Map (db m125084) HM
Mining
Bates Township had three mines: The Bates, Chicagon, and Rogers. Together they shipped a total of 8,196,380 tons of ore from 1909-1947.
Forestry
Larson Park sits in a tract of 320 acres of old growth forest. There are two . . . — — Map (db m103472) HM
