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ISHPEMING — “It is quite probable that the mines of Ishpeming will all be idle today as a general walkout of the men employed here is threatened. “Shortly before 11 o’clock yesterday morning about 500 Negaunee miners accompanied by several Ishpeming men marched through the city on their way to the Lake Superior (Mining Company) Section 16 mine. The procession was headed by two drummers. “The Negaunee men, together with a few Ishpeming men, had previously met near Union Park and decided to wait on the miners here and ask them to join in a general strike. The meeting was ...

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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 ...

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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 Store and for many years the Ishpeming Post Office. The Carpenter-Cook company had its headquarters there as well. The second floor was the home of the Ishpeming Business College for years and eventually became the clubhouse for the Elks. “The Sellwood block, landmark at the corer of Main and Canda ...

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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 ...

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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. His father and two of his older brothers, worked in a blast furnace in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, mastering the foundry trade. In 1859, Richard and Patrick Dundon headed to Marquette County to work at a blast furnace. Brothers James, Maurice and Edward and sister Catherine soon followed. In ...

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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 ...