Bibliography

This list of material represents the materials that are available for Dickinson County.  All of the titles listed here have information about the people or places of Dickinson County. Most of these books can be borrowed from your local library through their Inter-Library Loan (ILL) program.

 

• 1879, Seventy-Five Years of Progress, 1954. The Iron Mountain news, souvenir edition, July 2, 1954.
• Ames, Floyd V.  Papers, 1894-1924. 
• Blomquist, Beatrice M.  Breen Township centennial book, 1878-1978. 1983.
• Blomquist, Beatrice. Felch Township Centennial Book, 1878-1978. Norway, MI: Norway Current, 1978.
• Boivin, Jeanine.  Iron builds a town: The story of Iron Mountain-Kingsford.  Norway, MI: Curriculum Development Center, Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District, 1975.
• Born from Iron: Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1879-1979. Iron Mountain, MI: Iron Mountain Centennial Committee, 1978.
• Centennial, Vulcan, Michigan, 1872-1972. Vulcan, MI: 1972.
• Chapin family papers, 1879 - 1937.   Manuscript collection. 
•  Cook, Robert C., History of iron mining near Felch, Michigan.  1985
• Crowell, Leonora A. Letters, 1882-1885. Iron Mountain, MI: Mid Peninsula Library Federation, 1976.
• Cummings, William John. The Dickinson County Courthouse and Jail: The Seat of Government and Justice for Michigan's Newest County. n.p., 1988.
• Cummings, William J. The Norway Fire of 1888 and the Rebuilding of the Business District in Old Town. W.J. Cummings, 1988.
• Cummings, William J. Waucedah: Site of the First Mine to Ship Ore from the Menominee Iron Range and the First Stop on the Menominee River Railway. n.p., 1989.
• Cummings, William John.  All Aboard: along the tracks in Dickinson County, Michigan.  Iron Mountain, MI: Ralph W.  Secord Press, 1993.
• Cummings, William John.  Dickinson County, Michigan: from earliest times through the twenties. 1991.
• Cummings, William John.  The Dickinson County courthouse and jail: the seat of government and justice for Michigan's newest county. A detailed history about the construction of the courthouse and jail
• Cummings, William John.  Early contemporary newspaper accounts of Dickinson County pioneer farms.  1992.
• Cummings, William John.  The Quinnesec fire of 1906: including background information on the development and growth of the village of Quinnesec taken from surviving contemporary newspaper accounts and other miscellaneous contemporary sources.  1986. includes the Quinnesec⁄Cunard section from the 1902-03 directory.
• Dickinson County Area. Things to Do, Sights to See. . . Michigan's 4 Season Playground. Iron Mountain, MI: Iron Mountain-Kingsford Chamber of Commerce, 1962.
• Dickinson County, Michigan: Veterans of the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War and the Viet Nam War buried in Quinnesec Cemetery, Dickinson County, Michigan (Breitung Twp), 1883-1980. compiled by Hazel Dault. Iron Mtn, MI: H. Dault, 198?.
• Dickinson County Senior Citizens. Tales of Yesteryear: Reminiscences. Beatrice Blomquist,  editor. 1987.
• Dickinson diggings. Dickinson County Genealogical Society, 1982-1995.
• Dulan, Mary Louise. Our Frontier Days on the Menominee Range. Iron Mountain, MI: Keep America Beautiful, 1973. About Iron Mountain, MI. 
• Ertel, D.  Sagola's early years: a history of Sagola, Michigan. 1986.
• Felch Township centennial book, 1878-1978. by B. M. Blomquist, 1978.
• "Fiddlin' around." Peninsula Portraits: People and places in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. edited by Charles Symon. Iron Mountain, MI: Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative, 1980: 151-54. about Ralph L DeGayner in Channing
• Fountain, Daniel R.  Michigan Gold: Mining in the Upper Peninsula.  Paul L. Hayden (Editor)
• Fuller, G.N.  History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. (Historic Michigan, Vol. 3., p. 55, 98-99).  Dayton, OH: National Historical Association, 1924.
• Gray, John.  My new friends were barefoot: A story of growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the 1920's.  Iron Mountain, MI: Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative, 1994.  About the Sagola area
• Guida degli Italiani del Copper County. 1910. Iron Mountain, MI: R W Secord Press, reprinted 1987.
• Historic path through downtown Iron Mountain. Dickinson County Library, 1980.
• History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Chicago: The Western Historical Company, 1883. chapter - a surprising number of Dickinson County residents are mentioned in this sketch.
• Immaculate Conception Church, Iron Mountain, Michigan: a monument of our past - a beacon our future: 1890 celebrating our centennial 1990. United Church Directories, 1990.
• Immaculate Conception, Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1902-1972. The Church, 1972. 
• Ingalls, E.S.  The Iron mines of Menominee County, Michigan. Iron Mountain, MI: Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative, 1871; rep. 1981.
• Iron Mountain Centennial Committee.  Born from iron: Iron Mountain, Michigan, 1879-1979.   1978.
• Leonora A Crowell letters, 1882-1885.  Iron Mountain, MI: Mid Peninsula Library Federation, 1976. about Leonora Schumacher Crowell's life in Iron Mountain
• Johnson, D. JoAnn.  Dickinson County, Michigan men dead, wounded and prisoner of war, World War II: With a list of World War I and Spanish-American War dead. Compiled from records in the Dickinson County, Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs. Loretto, MI : the author, 1996. 
• Johnson, Lila Mellon.  Remembered years.  [Norway, MI? : L.M. Johnson, between 1985 and 1989]
• Mattson, Walter. From Felch to Iron Mountain: 1912 Horse & Buggy Ride. Grand Marais, MI: Voyageur Press, 1975.
• McCash, Michael.  Kingsford's role in Michigan.  1985.
• McGregor, Silas J. Silas J. McGregor photograph collection, 1898-1910.  photographs of soldiers and Iron Mountain buildings.
• Montieth, Ruth.  Index to a history of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan.  Martin, MI:  s.n., 1911.
• Palmer, George J.  Palmer family history, 1740-1967.  Laingsburg, MI: George J. Palmer, 1967.
• Pewabic Company (Iron Mountain, Mich.): Pewabic Company time book, 1899. Archive⁄Manuscript - contains a list of employees including record of job position and wage rates.
• Chicago: Record Publishing Co., 1895.  
• Quinnesec, Michigan Centennial, 1876-1976. Quinnesec, MI: Quinnesec Centennial Committee, 1976.
• Reeve, G.M.  Index to history of the upper peninsula of Michigan.  Lansing, MI: Library of Michigan, 1983.  
• Sawyer, A.L.  History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and its people, Vol. 1.  Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.
• Siebert, George Frederick.  Journal of George Frederick Seibert, 1879; George Frederick Seibert, a biography.  Iron Mountain, MI: Mid Peninsula Library Federation, 1976.
• Stevens, Viola. A History of Channing, Michigan. Green Bay, WI: Stevens, 1977.  
• Stiles, (Mrs.) A.D. History of Iron Mountain, Michigan.  1914.
• Stiles, C.O.  (A) Souvenir of Dickinson County, Mich.  Iron Mountain, MI: C O Stiles, 1902. comprised of pictures and a few pages of history.
• Sundquist, Walter R. They Called Him "John E.": A Biography of John E. Anderson, a Pioneer of Norway, Michigan. Iron Mountain, MI: R.H. Anderson, 1976.
• Symon, Charles, ed.  "Tony's having too much fun to retire." Peninsula Portraits: People and places in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  Iron Mountain, MI: Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative, 1980: 25-27.  about Tony Izzo
• Vulcan, Michigan Centennial, 1872-1972. [s.l. : s.n.] 1972.
• Waucedah: Site of the first mine to ship ore from the Menominee Iron range and the first stop on the Menominee River Railway. by William John Cummings. 1989.
• Welcome to the Hub of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Northeastern Wisconsin. Iron Mountain, MI: Chamber of Commerce, 1968.
• Whitehead, Lewis Young.  Diary of Lewis Young Whitehead, father of the Menominee Range, 1833-1908. by Lewis Young Whitehead. Iron Mountain, MI: Mid-Peninsula Library Federation, 1976.