Gogebic Range Directories 1888 - 1947 Irondale, Michigan Siemens, Michigan Jessieville, Michigan |
IRONDALE, MICHIGAN. HISTORY OF IRONDALE Irondale is a small place situated on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railways about midway between the villages of Bessemer and Wakefield, in the county of Gogebic. Black River runs through the town, and is utilized as a mill pond by A Weed & Co, who have a saw and planing mill at this place they having built a dam here to, back the water up for that purpose. The settlement of the place was begun about 2 year ago Its main support is the sawmill at A. Weed & Co. But there are large mining interests near the place, and the Anvil, are of the prominent mines on the range, is situated within a mile from its limits. The East Anvil, Gogebic, Miner & Wells Rhinelander and Mikado iron mining options are located within a short distance from the place GENERAL DIRECTORY Barnett, Fred … book keeper A Weed 3: Co, Bietrich, A … agent for Hoxie & Muller Black River Hotel … Dorsey & Waters prop. Bodoh, Richard … boarding house. Commercial Hotel … B Norman prop. Dorsey & Waters, prop Black River Hotel Hubbard M & Co, genera; merchandise. Hubbard, M … foreman A Weed & Co, Humble, John … mining capt East Anvil Mining Co. Koob, Frank V … mining capt Miner & Wells Mining Co. Lucia, E … postmaster Lucia, W … assistant, postmaster Martin, D E … mining capt Rhinelander Mining Co, Norman, H … prop Commercial 'Hotel Tilly, J … clerk M Hubbard & Co. Walls, William … mining capt Gogebic Iron Mining Co. Waters & Butler, boarding house and saloon Weed A & Co. lumber and shingle mfg. SIEMENS, MICHIGAN. HISTORY OF SIEMENS It is situated about midway between the towns of Bessemer and Ironwood on the main line of the Like Shore road and where the Jessieville and Puritan branches connect with it, it is the shipping point of the output of the Iron King, Pabst, Puritan and other mines The railroad coal sheds are situated here. GENERAL DIRECTORY Mosher, Fred ... Yardmaster Mil L S & W Ry Price, Joh ... , section foreman Mil L S & W Ry Talo,r C ... , agt Mil L S & W Ry. JESSIEVILLE, MICH. HISTORY OF JESSIEVILLE situated at the Iron King and Pabst mines between Bessemer and Ironwood on a spur of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railway. It has a population of about 200 people, with it a number of business houses and is supported by the numerous mines and options lying around it. Anderson & Birch ... genl mdse Barnette, James ... saloon. Birch Chas ... asst postmaster Carlson Chas … boot and shoe maker. Censtaon, August … saloon Corbett Edward ...boarding house Donley & Newman … saloon and Billard hall Donnelly, Peter ... saloon Downs, M L … postmaster Gremore, John … boarding house Larson & Skemfer ... saloon & boarding house McDonald, Hugh … constable and deputy marshal. Nelson, Andrew … night watchman - Newman, Victor ... prop Suomalamen Hotel Nieme, Miss Sophia ... Laundry Peterson, Mrs Martin ... boarding house. Suomalamen Hotel ... Victor Newman prop |