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On South 6th Street just south of Superior Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
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
On South 6th Street at Superior Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street.
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
On South 6th Street at Superior Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street.
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
On East Superior Avenue (State Highway 69) 5.9 miles east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near County Road 424, 0.5 miles north of Pentoga Trail.
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
Near County 424, 0.5 miles north of Pentoga Trail.
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
