History of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Early History Of The UP
CRYSTAL FALLS TOWNSHIP Of CRYSTAL FALLS ORGANIZED In the matter of the application of J. H. Ehnore, Superintendent of the Crystal Falls Iron. Company, and others, for the division of the Township of Ely, by detaching certain territory therefrom, and the organization of a new township, to consist of the territory detached. It appearing to [...]
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I, William Rowland, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and of the Board of Supervisors thereof, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of an order of said Board, and the copy thereto attached, of the map or survey of the new Township of Crystal Falls, in my office, and furnished to [...]
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My relation to A. E. Guensburg brought me to Florence the early part of 1881, and it was there that I first heard of a new town being located, and new mines being found and opened, by the name of Crystal Falls. Florence was at that time in its fullest “boom,” and I could easily [...]
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Coming down the hill the bale was caught by the limb. Next morning after taking some pork and beans for breakfast, at what is now known as the Stephenson House (at that time it was almost a shed, run by, AJ. Harding), I took a look around through the stumps and trees and counted in [...]
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The officers, being all green hands, did many things which were not according to law or justice, and many acts that cost the township money and the successive officers lots of trouble. The first engine arrived in town in April. There were no regular trains until after May 22, on which day the station was [...]
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Although lots of exploratory work was being done, and the lumbermen established headquarters here, this did not bring much trade to our business men directly, as most of the lumbering companies erected warehouses, where they store their supplies and provisions, which they send up from below, and ship to the various camps. Business was getting [...]
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Mr. Hollister has devoted considerable time to raising blooded fowls for the purpose of ascertaining whether it pays or not, and has a most interesting family of fine chickens. The soil has been tested also, and in his flower and vegetable garden was found growing and matured almost every variety of flora and useful vegetables, [...]
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J. C. Bowers’s dwelling place was the first on the town site. Dr. H. C. Kimball erected the first frame building in the vicinity of the Falls. And don’t forget, this is the first paper published exclusively for the benefit of Crystal Falls. CRYSTAL FALLS_A CHAPTER ON ITS IMMENSE DEPOSITS OF IRON ORE. The existence [...]
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