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
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
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
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
Leon Lawrence Lewis
1888-1954
Lawyer, Activist, Spymaster
Leon Lewis, a Jewish Los Angeles attorney, ran an anti-Nazi spy ring from 1933 to 1941. Born in Hurley, Wisconsin, Lewis obtained his law degree in 1913 from the . . . — — Map (db m290980) HM
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