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Biography - Charles L. Wickstrom

Persons, , Was General Manager of Wickstrom, Niemi & Company, general merchants, Calumet. Member of the Village Council of Red Jacket. [Head and shoulders portrait of Charles L. Wickstrom]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - Capt. John Duncan

Persons, , Was Assistant Superintendent of the Calument and Hecla Mining Company. [Head and shoulders portrait of Capt. John Duncan]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - W. H. Mason

Persons, , Was appointed by the Governor of Michigan as agent for the State Board of Charities. He was involved in various lines of business as a broker and promoter handling copper stock. He had many real estate intersts and was active in the wood and coal business. [Head and shoulders portrait of W. H. Mason]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - Sivert Olson

Persons, , Was the owner of what was the largest furniture and undertaking establishment of the Northern Peninsula. Many of the most prominent structures of the vicinity were built by his firm. He was a trustee of the Village of Red Jacket in 1866, Treasurer of Calumet Township and Superintendent of the Lake View Cemetery. [Head and shoulders portrait of Sivert Olson]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - Hon. Richard M. Hoar

Persons, , Came to Houghton in 1859 and formed a mercantile partnership with his brother John. He had many other business operations including the freight business carrying freight, mail and express between L'Anse and Houghton. He was the chief engineer and organizer of the Houghton Fire Department established about 1862. [Head and shoulders portrait of Richard M. Hoar]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - Hon. Willard Elihu Gray

Persons, , A judge of the Probate Court in Houghton County and attorney for the village of Lake Linden. [Head and shoulders portrait of Willard Gray]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - James T. Healy

Persons, , Was one of the most prominent real estate and insurance men of Houghton County. Born in Calumet in 1876. [Head and shoulders portrait of James T. Healy]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - Henry Wallace Cake

Persons, , A prominent citizen of Lake Linden and Superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla stamp mills. [Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Cake]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - John L. McD. Gibson D.D.S.

Persons, , Was a dentist and widely known for his ability as an athlete. Was a captain of the Portage Lake Hockey Team of Houghton. [Head and shoulders portrait of John Gibson]

Scanned: November 14, 2006


Biography - James Lisa

Persons, , A prominent Calumet general merchant born in 1845 at San Martino Canavese, Italy. [Heas and shoulders portrait of James Lisa]

Scanned: November 14, 2006