NEGAUNEE — Renowned author Herman Melville once wrote: “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” Here in Negaunee, our sense of community is forged in collaboration and communication. The Negaunee City Council recently reviewed a report on ...

ISHPEMING — The Sellwood Block was located at the corner of Main and Canda streets, where J&N Electric is now. It was built in 1873 and owned then by Joseph Sellwood. The first floor, as usual, was devoted to retail establishments, housing Sellwood Drygoods Store, Tillson’s Drug ...

NEGAUNEE — On Tuesday, January 10, 1902, the community was shocked by the announcement that was made about one o’clock that portions of the Negaunee Mine had caved in with a loss of human life as a consequence. At first the number of lives lost could not be determined because the three to ...

By KAREN KASPER Ishpeming Historical Society and the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum ISHPEMING — Thomas Dundon and his brothers were often referred to as the ‘Iron Family.’ Born in Ireland on May 14, 1853, Dundon emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 2 years old. ...

NEGAUNEE — The best of the early miners that came to Negaunee came from Cornwall, England. They came here because they were natural miners and had experience in the tin and copper mines of Cornwall. They had a roving nature and could endure great hardship and loved to delve in the bowels of ...

ISHPEMING — Thomas J Dundon paid $6,250 for the Merryweather building, in 1900. (Today’s equivalent $232,403) and then almost that much for renovations. “Only those who have taken the trouble to go through the Dundon block, formerly the Merryweather building, corner of Main Street and ...