Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Norway, Dickinson County; the village was born with the sinking of the first test pit of the old Norway Mine by Anton Odell, a Norwegian, in 1877, and the platting of the original town by him in 1879; George and James O'Callaghan built sawmill here in 1878; the village was given a post office as Ingolsdorf on Sept. 11, 1879, with Charles E. Knowlton as its first postmaster, but was renamed Norway on Dec. 8, 1879; incorporated as a city in 1891; a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad; was in Menominee County until Dickinson was organized in 1891 (Sawyer; PO Archives) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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DISCOVER HONEY AND BEES THAT MADE IT CHANNING, Mich., Feb. 16--In search of a racoon, and accompanied by his two sons, Herman Herbst of Norway, Dickinson county, made an unusual find in the woods on the Wisconsin side of the Menominee river today. Investigating a hollow tree, the big stab was found to house a colony of bees. The tree was felled and there were taken from it 40 pounds of honey, in addition to the bees. The latter were benumbed with the cold and were made captives easily. The colony is now occupying hives in Mr. Herbst's barn. --Duluth News-Tribune, February 17, 1911
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