Iron County Historical Sites And Landmarks 1885 1985 PDF Download

This publication is an extension of several studies which have identified historic sites and landmarks of Iron County. Among the first studies was an "Inventory of Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula" by Phillip Metzger for the Michigan History Division and the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources in 1972. This was followed by a County Historical Sites Survey made by Marcia Bernhardt for the Iron County Historical and Museum Society under the auspices of a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts in 1974. This resulted in new state sites and the placement of the Iron County Courthouse on the National Register. The next survey was made in 1975-76 by David Stewart in cooperation with the County Society for Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) and resulted in a 1977 publication, a "Historic Preservation Plan." Charles K. Hyde, Wayne State University, inventoried historic engineering and industrial sites in the Upper Peninsula under the auspices of the Historic American Engineering Record, and published the inventory in 1978, which included Iron County power plants, depots, bridges and water towers.