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Since the two ranges of hills are made up of dissimilar rock types, the rock formation containing the iron ore deposits is located exclusively within the southern (Gogebic) Range. The Gogebic Range experienced a speculative iron boom in the mid-1880s, and had recurring booms and busts from 1884 to 1967 as demand shifted.
Solomon S. Curry was the president of the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company, which began extensive mining in the Gogebic Range in the early 1880s. The iron mines in the area led to the establisheent of Ironwood, and Curry was one of the founding fathers of the city.
The city is located, along with adjacent Ironwood, Michigan, at the center of the Gogebic Range. The economy of Hurley, together with the city of Montreal in Wisconsin, and the cities of Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield in Michigan, was dependent upon the extraction of iron ore from the Gogebic (a/k/a Penokee) Range during the 19th and 20th ...
Gogebic County Courthouse† 200 North Moore Street Bessemer: December 10, 1971: Gogebic Iron Range Informational Designation Memory Lane Park (roadside park on US-2, 1 mile east of Bessemer) Bessemer vicinity August 23, 1956: Ironwood City Hall† McLeod Avenue and Norfolk Street Ironwood: May 14, 1975: Norrie Park Informational Designation
This week's girls swimming and diving state meet will be the 48th conducted by the MSHSL in the modern era, which began in 1975. But this year's meet is actually more of a centennial. When the ...
The Gogebic Range in Wisconsin and the Marquette Iron Range and Menominee Range in Michigan have similar characteristics and are of similar age. Natural ores and concentrates were produced from 1848 until the mid-1950s, when taconites and jaspers were concentrated and pelletized , and started to become the major source of iron production.
Ron Haggstrom, David La Vaque, Jim Paulsen will cover eight games at two sites, and they'll interview players and coaches, fans and administrators for stories beyond the games. Find out what they ...
Bessemer is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,805.It is the county seat of Gogebic County. [4]The city is surrounded by Bessemer Township, but the two are administered autonomously.