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Ishpeming (/ ˈ ɪ ʃ p ə m ɪ ŋ / ISH-pə-ming) is a city in Marquette County, Michigan, United States. Located in the Upper Peninsula , the population was 6,140 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] less than it was in the 1950s and 1960s when the Iron ore mines employed more workers.
The Ishpeming House, a general store and boarding house for miners, was built in 1860. In 1869, the core of the Main Street commercial district was platted. Nelson's store, the first business in the district, opened later that year. This was followed by ten more businesses, including a saloon, hotel, and hardware store.
He clerked in a store for five years before emigrating to the United States and settling in Marquette, Michigan in 1868. He moved around, clerking at other stores, before settling permanently in Ishpeming in 1873. He eventually opened his own meat market and general store in about 1877, at first with a series of partners, but eventually on his ...
Ishpeming: The City Hall in Ishpeming was built during the boom iron-mining years, constructed from 1889 to 1891 using a design by Milwaukee architect Demetrius F. Charlton. It is a two-story, rectangular structure built of Portage Entry sandstone with a rounded entry arch, decorative sandstone sills and lintels above and below the windows, and ...
Ishpeming Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,392 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The city of Ishpeming is to the south, but the two are administered autonomously.
The Mather Inn is a hotel in Ishpeming, Michigan. The inn served as housing for the cast of the classic 1959 movie Anatomy of a Murder, and was the place where Duke Ellington composed the movie's score. [3] [4] [5] It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
There are three business routes in the state of Michigan derived from M-numbered highways. The other two are for M-32 in Hillman and for M-60 in Niles. [4] In the past, two other business routes for M-28 existed in Newberry (1936 [5] –1953 [6]) and Marquette (1974 [7] [8] –1981 [9] [10]), but they have since been retired.
The Mineral Range Railroad (reporting mark MRA) is a shortline railroad in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It began operations in 2002. [1] In 2012, it acquired an ex-Lake Superior and Ishpeming line between Humboldt Mill and Ishpeming. [2] The Humboldt Mill was reopened in 2014 and is operated by Eagle Mine, owned by Lundin Mining. [3]