Dickinson County MI
Michigan Trails
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Ralph, Dickinson County: it was named for Ralph Wells, son of J.W. Wells, of Menominee, a lumberman who operated in the area; the village and its station on the E.&L.S. Railroad were named Ralph, but its post office, opened on Jan. 17, 1901, with Wallace M. Taylor as its first postmaster, was named Bryden, but it too was renamed Ralph on June 6, 1904 (David Coon; GSM 1903; PO Archives) --Michigan Place Names, Walter Romig, publisher, Grosse Point Michigan, 1905
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