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The city's well-preserved historical character within the varied natural topography of the driftless area has made it a regional tourist destination. Mineral Point is sometimes called Wisconsin's third oldest city, [3] [4] [5] but the Wisconsin Historical Society notes several older colonial settlements. [6] Mineral Point City Hall
Plummer Mine Headframe in Iron County Wisconsin Gogebic County Gogebic Geologic Map Old specimen of "tree-trunk" hematite from the Montreal Mine in the Gogebic Range, size 15.8×6.2×2.7 centimeters (6.2×2.4×1.1 in)
Montreal was originally incorporated as the Village of Hamilton, [7] on or about 1917, and was the first village formed in Iron County. [8]Montreal, as it was named upon its incorporation as a city on April 1, 1924, [7] was named for the Montreal Mining Company, which had several iron ore mines in the area during the late 1800s.
Weis Earth Science Museum (abbreviated as WESM), located at 1478 Midway Rd, on the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus in Menasha, Wisconsin, USA, was opened in 2002. It focuses on Wisconsin geology and its mining history.
Hibbing (pop. 16,361) is the largest city by area in the state of Minnesota. It is home to the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, one of the world's largest open pit iron mines. Hoyt Lakes (pop. 1,888) is in the eastern Mesabi Range. Erie Mining Company previously mined ore and testing to mine new minerals is ongoing.
Wisconsinites can still visit some of the towns and cities that date back to the state's founding. Here's a list.
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The city is on U.S. Highway 2 (US 2), and is the northern terminus of US 51, and is about 18 miles (29 km) south of Lake Superior. Hurley had its origins in the iron mining and lumbering booms of the 1880s. [4] The city is located, along with adjacent Ironwood, Michigan, at the center of the Gogebic Range.