#ONTONAGON LIGHTHOUSE TRAP STREET PLUS#
At its meeting on April 18, 1883, the following pay scale was put in place: City Clerk and City Attorney were each to be paid $250 per annum, and the City Marshall would be paid $50 per month, plus any fees to which he was entitled by state law. Ignace was plugging away at setting up the city. The City Council of the newly-chartered City of St. Brawley’s expectations were for double that amount in his third year. In its second year, the company cut & shipped 80 railcar loads of telegraph poles & paving poles, along with 10,000 railroad ties.
His venture was a success (partly due to the fact that he sold only for cash!!). Ignace, established a lumber camp at Haselmere, Michigan (1 mile west of Engadine). Brawley, formerly employed by the Martel Furnace in St. In later years, Plaunt Transportation used Char-Leann II and then Kristen D. mail, and up to eight passengers per trip. His first ferry, Margaret, transported supplies, U.S.
In 1932, Charles Plaunt initiated a ferry service between the island and Cheboygan. Meanwhile, 24 girls from the Cheboygan area performed a native dance aboard a Chapman-Scott & American Bridge personnel barge for the visiting press.īois Blanc Island is part of Mackinac County. Adams asked the Great Spirit to look with favor on the bridge. Mennen Williams to undertake the blessing. Sog-Que-Ma (his Native American name) is a descendant of Chief Blackbird. In September 1955, Lewis Adams, a full-blood Ottawa blessed the Mackinac Bridge from atop the south tower. Then, upon his return, the doctor could play it back! A patient could call number 255 and hear an explanation of his absence and a request that a message be left. This machine which “is a type of wire recorder adapted by the telephone company”, was installed in his office. Shaftoe had installed “an automatic machine which records phone messages” in his absence. The class of ’62 was the last to graduates from here, with the new school opening on Por4tage Street in the Fall of 1962.īy August 1953, Dr. This school had no gymnasium nor auditorium until 1930, when an addition was built. By1908, one high school grade had been added. LaSalle School, with 11 grades, was built at the corner of Spring and Chambers Strets in 1888. After his death in 1917, his son Dewey, who first waited table in the hotel at age 12 years, operated the place until 1925, when it was closed for good. Ignace Enterprise in 1939: (the hotel)…”whose portals were crossed by such immortals as “Ruffian O’Brien”, “Black Jack”, “Protestant Ben”, “Brigham Young”, “Pat Belleville” and many another whose sobriquet was famous in the camps of bygone years the Mackinaw Lumber Co.’s operations the old Black River crowd the influx from Roscommon & those who came from AuSable the old timers who accompanied “Mackinaw Tom” & Bill Ross and Alger-Smith outfit on the Fox & headwaters of the Manistique the workers on the Carp and the Pine the Two Heart, and the Indian, and those who wended their way farther west.” For 30 years, the hotel was operated by that old Civil War veteran Col.
This section devotes itself to the tiniest history trivia of our area at random enjoy your time travel trip…….ĭuring the lumbering era, many lumberjacks made the Snyder House hotel their summer headquarters. We’re glad we took the time.Īs an additional note, this is included on the list of lighthouses featured in the 2017 Upper Peninsula Motorcycle Travel Guide. This Tour was a very interesting way to spend a couple of hours. The Ontonagon Lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 1975. Johanson is extremely well-versed in local history making his presentation very engaging. Many antiques of the era that would have been part of day-to-day life are on display there. This lighthouse, built in 1866, includes the lightkeepers’ living quarters. Lake Superior is an extraordinary place, with a great deal of history all its own. The Light House Tour includes a climb up into the lantern room, offering a unique perspective from which to view Lake Superior and the surroundings. The departure point for the Tour is the Historical Museum, located at 422 River Street in downtown Ontonagon, which will be a separate review. Our explorations included the Ontonagon Light House. We visited Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during the week of July 12-19, 2017.
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