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| Lake Superior in Michigans Iron country 1800's
The original general Railroad Act, which
was passed by the Legislature and approved February 5, 1855, was drawn,
introduced and its passage advocated by Hon. Heman B. Ely. This accom-
plished, Mr. Ely at once organized a railroad company and commenced the
construction in the early spring of 1855. His brothers, George H. and
Samuel P. Ely-, had given him material aid up to 1855, when he prosecuted
the work as an individual enterprise, now joined with other friends, among
whom were Jos. S. Pay, Lewis H. Morgan, Edward Parsons, and John Burt,
in the organization of the Iron Mountain Railroad Company.
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