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Munising Furnace
The Schoolcraft Furnace site is an abandoned iron furnace site located just east of Munising, Michigan, within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near the Munising Falls Visitor Center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is also known as the Munising Furnace. History Munising was founded in 1850 as a resort village by the Munising Company, but the company's capital was over extended and their plan never came to fruition. Two more companies were formed to develop the Munising Company's assets, but neither prospered. In 1866, Henry Mather and Peter White (Michigan politician), Peter White acting as agents for a group of investors, purchased the land around Munising and created the Schoolcraft Iron Company. A site for the furnace was selected on Munising Creek, about 1100 feet from Munising Bay, and in 1867 construction was started on a furnace. A stack was built from sandstone quarried locally on Grand Island Township, Michigan, Grand I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munising, Michigan
Munising ( ') is a city in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,355 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Alger County. The city is partially surrounded by Munising Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Located on the southern shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula, it serves as the western gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. History The name for the city comes from the Ojibwe word ''minisiing'', "at the island". A post office was established as the Munising post office on December 22, 1868. It was renamed as Gogarnville on October 23, 1889, when Julius Gogarn was appointed as postmaster. The office was moved to his farm. He was a German-born American Civil War veteran and first Supervisor of Munising Township. That post office continued until July 15, 1893. Geography Munising is located on the southern edge of Munising Bay at , also known as the South Bay of Grand Island Harbor, across from Grand Island aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
