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Making of Modern Michigan
880
Material Type
Transcriptions (documents)
879
Maps (documents)
1
Language
English
880
Subject
A.L. Wing & Co.
1
Accounting
1
Accounts payable
4
Accounts receivable
1
Actions and defenses
6
Algomah (Steamship)
1
Allen, E. W. (Railroad employee)
2
American Express Company
2
Amusements
4
Ancient Order of United Workmen
1
Anderson, Mils
1
Anna River
2
Anna River Brick Company
1
Anthony, E. C.
1
Arson
1
Articles of incorporation
3
Ashland Press
1
Auditors
2
Auditors' reports
1
Automobiles
1
Baldwin locomotives
1
Balls (Parties)
1
Bands (Music)
1
Barnard, J. Q.
1
Barry, George
1
Baseball
1
Bay Mills (Mich.)
1
Bay View House (Mich.)
1
Bechler, Otto
1
Belanger, Phil
1
Bellhumer, M. C.
1
Berries
1
Birth of a person
1
Blackleg in cattle
1
Blasting
1
Blizzards
4
Blockade
2
Boards of directors
2
Boeh, William H.
2
Bonds
1
Boundary disputes
1
Boyd, S. F.
4
Boyle, Daniel
1
Bridges
2
Brisette, Joe
1
Brogan, Gary
1
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen (U.S.)
1
Brown, A. E.
1
Brown, Lester (Of Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway)
1
Brownstone
2
Buffalo Mine (Mich.)
1
Burns, John, active 1892
1
Bush, G. A.
2
Business
1
Business enterprises
2
Calligan, Kane
1
Calves
1
Cameron, John (Of Newberry, Mich.)
1
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
3
Cannon, H.
1
Carp Furnace
1
Carpentry
1
Casinos
1
Central Trust Company of New York
1
Chapel, R. A.
1
Charcoal
1
Childbirth
1
Circus
1
City council members
1
Civil engineers
1
Claims
38
Classification
1
Cleveland Sawmill Company
1
Coal
5
Community policing
1
Connolly, Mr
1
Connoly, John F.
1
Consolidation and merger of corporations
1
Contests
1
Continuous welded rails
11
Contractors
1
Copper
2
Copper Country (Mich.)
1
Corporate lawyers
1
Corporate profits
1
Corporate treasurers
1
Corporations
1
DeMerse, Adolph
1
Dead River Lumber Company
1
Dead River Mill
1
Deeds
2
Deer Lake (Mich.)
1
Detroit Mine
1
Diesel locomotives
1
Directories
1
Docks
17
Doerr, William A.
1
Dogs
1
Dollarville (Mich.)
2
Drunkenness (Crime)
1
Ducks
1
Duluth Zenith City Short Line
1
Duluth tribune
1
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company
21
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. Annual meeting
1
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. Houghton Division
1
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway Company. Mackinac Division
1
Eagle Mills (Mich.)
2
Earl, William (Railroad employee)
1
Economic development
1
Ehrmantraut Meat and Provision Co.
1
Elections
2
Electric lighting
1
Eminent domain
1
Employees--Resignation
1
Everett, J. T.
1
Executives
2
Factories
1
Falls River (Mich.)
1
Fell, S.
1
Fencing
1
Ferries
1
Festivals
1
Finance
2
Financial statements
1
Fire
4
Fires
4
Fisher, John (Railroad engineer)
1
Fitch, F. W.
2
Fitch, W. E.
2
Fitch, William F.
3
Fog bells
1
Forester, J. C.
2
Fort Brady (Mich.)
1
Fourth of July
1
Freight and freightage
6
Freight cars
1
Frey, Christian (Of Douglas County, Wis.)
1
Front Street (Marquette, Mich.)
1
Games
1
General Time Convention
1
Genessee Street (Marquette, Mich.)
1
Gladstone Delta (Gladstone, Mich.)
1
Gogarn, J. W.
1
Graff, Harry
1
Grant, Alex (Of Marquette, Mich.)
1
Hall & Buell Mills
1
Hallston (Mich.)
3
Hamilton, T. H. (Railroad employee)
2
Harbor masters
1
Harbors
2
Hargrove, F. G.
1
Hawley, R. K.
2
Hay
1
Hazen, C. A.
2
Heat
2
Hibbard, C. B.
1
Hibbard, George W.
1
History
2
Hoffman, E. C.
1
Holden, Thomas (Railroad conductor)
1
Holidays
1
Hood, John (Railroad engineer)
1
Hopkins, George (Of Detroit, Mich.)
1
Horngren, Earl
1
Horses
2
Houston, H. H.
1
Huckleberries
2
Hudson, Charles W.
2
Hughes, A. E.
1
Hurley, Tim (Railroad employee)
1
Hurty, H.
1
Hyde, J. C.
1
Identification
2
Illinois--Chicago
1
Imerson, Alexander
1
Inauguration
1
Inauguration Day
2
Infant girls
1
Interest (Ownership rights)
1
Interpersonal confrontation
1
Inventories--Accounting
1
Iron ores
7
Italians
4
Jackson Mine
2
Jarvis, George T.
1
Johnson, Harry (Railroad conductor)
1
Johnson, Magda
1
Johnson, Niles (Miner)
1
Kearney, Mary, -1889
1
Kearney, Thomas
1
Kelly, W. H. (Railroad employee)
1
Kennedy, George (Railroad employee)
1
Key, J. A.
1
Kilmer, George W.
1
Kincade, R. R.
1
Kline, A. W.
1
Knights Templar (Masonic order). Lake Superior Commandery No. 30
1
Labor disputes
2
Lake County star
1
Lake Gogebic
1
Lake Huron--Straits of Mackinac
3
Lake Superior News Company
2
Lake Superior Railway Company
1
Latcha, J. A.
4
Lathrop, W. E.
1
Lee, E. E. (Railroad employee)
1
Leslie Rotary Snow Shovel Company
1
Letter mail handling
1
Lewis, J. H. (Of Marquette, Mich.)
1
Liability (Canon law)
1
Liquid assets
1
Locke, W. A.
1
Locomotive firemen
1
Locomotives
6
Locomotives--Cylinders
1
Lofgren, Nels
1
Logging
15
Logos (Symbols)
3
Loitering
2
Longyear, J. M.
1
Lucas Brothers (Builders)
1
Lumber
3
Lumber camps
3
Lumber trade
1
Lyman, C. W.
1
Lytle, C. E.
2
MacDonald, Frank, -1890
1
Mahan, Michael
1
Maps
2
Marquette Traveling Men's Association
1
Martel Furnace Company
1
Mason, Cyrus
1
McAdam Brothers
1
McBourney, Robert
1
McCarthy, Felix (Railroad conductor)
1
McDonald, John (Railroad employee)
1
McIntosh Brothers
2
McLean, Murdock
2
McLennon, D. D.
2
McMillan (Mich.)
2
McMillan, James, 1838-1902
4
Meehan, Mike
1
Merchants
2
Metwoogam, Mary
1
Michigan
5
Michigan Lumber Company
1
Michigan Slate Company
1
Michigan--Alger County
6
Michigan--Atlantic Mine
2
Michigan--Baraga
9
Michigan--Baraga County
4
Michigan--Bessemer
1
Michigan--Calumet
1
Michigan--Calumet Region
1
Michigan--Champion
5
Michigan--Chassell
3
Michigan--Dead River
1
Michigan--Delta County
1
Michigan--Detroit
3
Michigan--Detroit Region
3
Michigan--Detroit Suburban Area
3
Michigan--Escanaba
3
Michigan--Gogebic County
1
Michigan--Hancock
3
Michigan--Houghton
10
Michigan--Houghton County
1
Michigan--Humboldt
2
Michigan--Iron Mountain
1
Michigan--Ishpeming
26
Michigan--Lake Linden
2
Michigan--Luce County
4
Michigan--Marquette
11
Michigan--Marquette County
10
Michigan--Marquette Metropolitan Area
10
Michigan--Marquette Region
10
Michigan--Munising
1
Michigan--Negaunee
30
Michigan--Newberry
3
Michigan--Ontonagon
4
Michigan--Ontonagon County
3
Michigan--Republic
17
Michigan--Saginaw River Valley
1
Michigan--Saint Ignace
13
Michigan--Sault Sainte Marie
12
Michigan--Straits of Mackinac Region
3
Michigan--Upper Peninsula
24
Migrant labor
1
Mine railroad cars
2
Mine surveying
1
Mineral industries
1
Mines and mineral resources
1
Mining journal
1
Miniter, John
1
Minnesota
1
Minnesota--Duluth
7
Minnesota--Duluth Metropolitan Area
7
Minnesota--Duluth Region
7
Minnesota--Saint Paul
1
Minnesota--Saint Paul Region
1
Minnesota--Saint Paul Suburban Area
1
Montreal River Lumber Company
1
Montreal herald
1
Moran (Mich.)
1
Murphy, J. Q.
1
Musgrave, Joseph
1
Natural resources
1
Negaunee iron herald
1
New York (State)--New York
3
Newberry Furnace (Mich.)
1
Newberry Hardwood Manufacturing Company
1
Newsletters
1
Newspapers
1
North America--Saint Marys River
1
North America--Saint Marys River Region
1
North America--Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge
1
North Carolina--Asheville
1
North Carolina--Asheville Metropolitan Area
1
North Carolina--Asheville Region
1
Northern Express Company
1
Northern Furance Company
1
Northern Michigan Railroad
1
Northern Pacific Railway Company
1
Northrop, George J., -1889?
2
Northrup, George J.
1
Northwestern Hospital (Marquette, Mich.)
2
Nursey, Walter R., 1847-1927
1
O'Reilly, F. C.
1
Obituaries
1
Occupations
3
Occupations--Classification
3
Offices
1
Onota (Mich.)
2
Onota Boarding House
1
Ontario--Sault Ste. Marie
2
Ontario--Sault Ste. Marie Region
2
Ontario--Sudbury (Greater Sudbury)
1
Ordinances, Municipal
1
Ore carriers
3
Ores--Transportation
1
Orr, W. M.
1
Palmer (Mich.)
4
Parks, Alexander (Of Marquette, Mich.)
1
Partition
1
Passenger trains
1
Peninsular Land Company
1
Personal injuries
1
Peterson, Fred (Miner)
2
Petitions
1
Philbin, D. M.
6
Pickford Township (Mich.)
1
Piling (Civil engineering)
4
Postal service
3
Postmasters general
1
Power-plants
1
Private railroad cars
1
Procedure (Law)
5
Promotions
1
Promulgation (Law)
1
Pullman cars
1
Quarries and quarrying
2
Queen City Cornet Band
1
Queen Mining Company
1
Railroad accidents
112
Railroad bridges
9
Railroad cars
8
Railroad companies
17
Railroad conductors
4
Railroad construction workers
2
Railroad crossings
5
Railroad engineering
111
Railroad engineers
5
Railroad equipment industry
1
Railroad holding companies
4
Railroad motorcars
1
Railroad passenger cars
6
Railroad passes
2
Railroad rails
4
Railroad rails--Defects
1
Railroad station managers
8
Railroad stations
40
Railroad switches
1
Railroad tickets
3
Railroad ties
1
Railroad trains--Dispatching
2
Railroad travel
2
Railroad yards
4
Railroads and state
1
Railroads--Accounting
1
Railroads--Baggage handling
1
Railroads--Branch lines
2
Railroads--Buildings and structures
2
Railroads--Cost of operation
12
Railroads--Design and construction
1
Railroads--Design and construction--Costs
3
Railroads--Employees
137
Railroads--Employees--Uniforms
2
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
34
Railroads--Fares
5
Railroads--Fares--Special rates
16
Railroads--Finance
11
Railroads--Freight
16
Railroads--Grades
2
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
4
Railroads--Management
3
Railroads--Mergers
1
Railroads--Passenger traffic
28
Railroads--Signaling
2
Railroads--Snow protection and removal
1
Railroads--Surveying
1
Railroads--Traffic
1
Railway mail cars
2
Railway mail service
6
Randall, D. S. (Railroad employee)
1
Randolph, George
1
Read, F. W.
1
Real property
1
Reany, William
1
Reardon, Charles
1
Refrigerator cars
1
Resignation
1
Restaurants
1
Retirement
1
Ridge, W. J.
1
Rimeard, Joseph
1
Riots
1
Rock River (Mich.)
3
Rock River Township (Mich.)
2
Rogers, William (Of Munising, Mich.)
1
Roos, Davidson & Co.
1
Rossiter, Chas
1
Roundhouses (Railroads)
8
Ryan, Clarence
1
Saint Collins (Mich.)
1
Sand and gravel industry
1
Saulte Ste Marie news
1
Sawmills
4
Schlessing Group
1
Schulte, Mr
1
Scrapbooks
1
Sedgwick, Edward
5
Seney (Mich.)
3
Seniority, Employee
7
Shafer, O. D.
1
Shea, Daniel (Of Houghton, Mich.)
1
Sheriffs
1
Shingleton (Mich.)
4
Shipping
1
Shocks, William
1
Sidewalks
1
Signals and signaling
2
Signs and signboards
1
Sleeping cars (Railroads)
1
Smith, George (Switchman)
1
Snow fences
2
Snow removal
2
Snow removal--Equipment and supplies
2
Snowplows
5
Social groups
2
Soldiers
1
Soo Democrat
1
Soo Junction (Mich.)
1
Soo Line Railroad Company
1
Soo-Mackinaw Short Line
1
South Shore Freight
1
St. Ignace Republican
1
St. Patrick's Church (Hancock, Mich.)
1
Staircases
1
Statistics
1
Steamboats
1
Steinberg, Neil (Postmaster)
1
Stevens, John F.
1
Stockholders
9
Stocks
2
Storms
1
Strand, Carl (Railroad employee)
1
Strikes and lockouts
1
Strong, W. M.
1
Structured settlements
1
Sturgeon River Lumber Company
1
Summers, George O.
1
Sunday
1
Sundberg, Charles
1
Surgeons
1
Surveying
7
Surveys
1
Sutton, David (Builder)
1
Swenberg, August
1
Switchmen
1
Switzer, G.
1
Taxation
1
Telegraph
1
Telegraphers
2
Thomas, Samuel, 1840-1903
1
Thurlby, Alfred
2
Timekeeping
1
Tobogganing
1
Tonnage
1
Toombs, Robert
1
Train attendants
1
Train ferries
1
Trespass
2
Trestles
1
Trout Creek (Mich.)
1
Trout Lake (Mich.)
3
Turner, J. M. (Photographer)
1
Tyler, W. E. (Railroad employee)
1
Unemployment
1
Uniforms
3
United States
8
United States Postal Service
1
United States--Gogebic Range
1
VanHorne, W. C.
1
Vandenburg, W. T.
1
Vaughn, Patrick
1
Village communities
1
Voyages and travels
8
Wages--Railroads
9
Waltz Club (Ishpeming, Mich.)
1
Washburn, William D. (William Drew), 1831-1912
1
Watson, Andrew (Railroad employee)
1
Watson, C. H.
1
Western Union Telegraph Company
1
Williams, J. N. (Railroad station manager)
1
Winter
4
Wisconsin--Ashland
2
Wisconsin--Florence
1
Wisconsin--Hurley
1
Wood
1
Youth
1
Zenith City Short Line Railroad
2
Zenith City Short Line Railway
1
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James R Lewis succeeds Thomas Tracy as conductor
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Location for the new union depot
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Railroad rumors
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Negaunee - during Sunday's blow tree fell
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James McMillan when asked
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W. E. Lathrop has been appointed
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It is understood that the new time card
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It is said that Senator McMillan
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New arrangement
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DSS&A pay car went over this division
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War at Palmer
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Edward Harris, commenced
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Change - Mr C. H. Schaffer the successor of C. Houle
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Claim no. 234
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DSS&A now runs its passenger
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Station agent McLennon
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DSS&A report of earnings for the third week of Janurary
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Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
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Arches of flying snow (2 pages)
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Republic - A. Thurlby, line
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