Title: Cemeteries - Ontonagon
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Burials - Cemeteries, Woody Plants - Trees,
Condition: Good
Description: Much revered is this burial plot of the James Kirk Paul family. The location is the Evergreen Cemetery on the Greenland Road to Ontonagon. It details how the founder of the village of Ontonagon, Paul was born in 1814 and died in 1881. He came to Ontonagon from Platteville, Wis. with a half-breed Indian. He made friends with the Ontonagon red men and gained their aid in moving the great Ontonagon boulder which was located near the current Victoria Dam near Rockland. Paul's wife, Amanda, also is buried in the cemetery. As the sign indicates, he is the founder of Ontonagon which is Indian for "I lost my bowl." [Photo of the James K. Paul burial site.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette Article [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Bob Skuggen
Date of Photo: June 24 1978
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 17.6 cm x 17.1 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-055-004-003
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
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