Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Iron Mountain, Dickinson County: after the Civil War, the Chapin brothers went north from lower Michigan and bought a forty-acres tract which included the site of the present city which was founded by Dr. Nelson P. Hulst and laid out in 1879 with the opening of the nearby Chapin Mine; except for 1932-1933, this mine produced iron ore continuously from 1880 till its closing in 1934; the settlement was in Menominee County when Renel O. Philbrook became its first postmaster on May 17, 1880, being transferred to DIckinson on Oct. 1, 1891; incorporated as a village in 1887, with Dr. A.E. Anderson as its first mayor; incorporated as a city in 1889 (Fred Gianunzio; Havighurst; PO Archives) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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