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Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 18 miles (29 km) south of Lake Superior. The city is on US Highway 2 across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan, situated on the same line of longitude (90.2 degrees West) as Clinton, Iowa and St. Louis ...
Ironwood Charter Township is a charter township of Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,805 in 2020. [3] The city of Ironwood borders on the south, but the two are administered autonomously. Ironwood Township is the home of Gogebic Community College, as well as the Gogebic–Iron County Airport.
Gogebic–Iron County Airport covers an area of 1,180 acres (478 ha) at an elevation of 1,230 feet (375 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 by 30 m), with approved ILS, GPS and VOR/DME approaches. [1]
Ironwood, Hurley and the Gogebic; Cox, Bruce K. Headframes and Mine Shafts of the Gogebic Range, Volume 2, Bessemer-Ramsay-Wakefield: Agogeebic Press, 2000. Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Ironwood and the Gogebic Range; Gogebic Range City Directories, 1888-1947; Wisconsin Electronic Reader: The Great Boom on the Gogebic
Ironwood, Michigan Tucked away in the western Upper Peninsula near Lake Superior, Ironwood offers abundant natural snowfall and quintessential winter charm at an affordable price.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot in Ironwood is a red brick and sandstone structure [3] with a one-block long platform. [5] It has a multi-level hipped roof covered with slate. [ 3 ] The depot consists of a single-story main depot with a small second story space in the center and a separate, single-story baggage unit with a small ...
[2] [6] He also established both the First National Bank of Ironwood and the People's Bank of Ironwood, and was the first president of both institutions. [5] In 1867, Curry married Elizabeth Stoup of Ann Arbor, Michigan. [3] The couple had two children: George A. Curry and Mrs. Anna (Ralph) Bartlett. [4] [5] Elizabeth Curry died on April 21 ...
Camp Gibbs was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the latter half of 1935 [8] on land purchased by the US from the Michigan Mineral Land Company. The camp was used from 1935 to 1941 as a Michigan Social Welfare Community Organization site to house workers employed in the forest. In 1967, the Iron County Sportsman Club purchased the camp.