THE IRON REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
BY PETER WHITE, OF MARQUETTE.
The pioneer history of the upper peninsula of Michigan naturally divides
itself into two portions,—the settlement and development of the so-called
copper region, and that of the iron region; the settlement of the former
preceded that of the latter by a few years and naturally received your first
consideration. A year ago Col. Jno. H. Forster addressed you on this
subject. I may not be able to describe the settlement of the iron region in
the same interesting and satisfactory manner, but I obey your request, and
crave your indulgence if, in describing the events which cover the scene and
the period of my life ever since boyhood, there should appear to be too
much personal narrative in respect to occurrences, " all of which I saw and
part of which I was."
It is an interesting historical fact that at the time Michigan was admitted
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