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National or State Registers Record

303 Iron St.

Community: Hurley
County: Iron
Historic Name: Old Iron County Courthouse
Reference Number: 77000031
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0.25 mi. W of jct. of Plummer Mine Rd. and STH 77

Community: Pence
County: Iron
Historic Name: Plummer Mine Headframe
Reference Number: 97001141
National or State Registers Record

Jct. of Old Springfield Tote Rd. and STH 182

Community: Sherman
County: Iron
Historic Name: Springstead
Reference Number: 97000326
National or State Registers Record

S of Hurley

Community: Oma
County: Iron
Historic Name: Annala Round Barn
Reference Number: 79000085
National or State Registers Record

STH 77

Community: Montreal
County: Iron
Historic Name: Montreal Company Location Historic District
Reference Number: 80000141
Photograph

Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt...
Photograph

Mercer Ranger Station

Date: 07 1936
Description: Elevated view of the Mercer Ranger Station from a watchtower.
Photograph

Fire Lookout Station

Date: 10 1936
Description: Fire lookout station at Mercer ranger station.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Hurley

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hurley with insets Mining at the Colby, Hurley in 1885, and North Front of Silver Street.
Photograph

Gogebic Range Miners

Date: 1886
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Gogebic Range iron miners.
Photograph

Gurney Falls

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of Gurney Falls.
Photograph

Women Booked For Prostitution

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Women are booked for prostitution by state agents at the Iron County jail after vice raids at Hurley-area taverns on a Tuesday night.
Print

Burton House

Date: 1885
Description: Burton House, (also referred to as the Ridge House by Edna Ferber in her novel, "Come and Get It") with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground.
Postcard

Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street During Reconstruction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Main street of the town, shown during reconstruction for use as a motion picture set.
Photograph

Hotel and Mercer Supply Company

Date: 1911
Description: View of the hotel across from the Mercer Supply Company. There is a small dog in the right foreground.
Map or Atlas

Gogebic Iron Range in Wisconsin

Date: 1887
Description: Benedict & Co. engineers. As shown by development to March 1st 1887. Inset: Map of northern Wisconsin showing location of range. Lands in red.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Nip and Tuck

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, wearing waders and up to his knees in water, is struggling to reel in a giant bass. The words "Nip & Tuck with a Ba...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Swallowed The Pole And All

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a man pulling a giant fish into his rowboat. As the text box in the lower left corner--which reads "Swallowed The Pole and All"--suggests,...
Photograph

Rest Lake Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Rest Lake Dam of Manitowish River, Manitowish. Photograph taken from Vance Lake Highway (old Highway 51, now Highway W).

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