They Came...to Iron County
Edited by Marcia Bernhardt
Copyright 1975 by The Education Committee, Iron County Museum
Index of Individuals
This book is a compilation of interviews done by young people in the folklore classes or by members of the Junior Historical Society of West Iron County High School. Over 300 local people were interviewed. An attempt was made to make these experiences appear universal to the settlers of Iron County, so in many interviews very few if any of the individuals are named. This book can be purchased from the Iron County Museum Historical Society. The telephone number is (906) 265-2617. Indexed April, 2004 by Dale Safford.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | PAGE | NOTES |
| ANDERSON | John | 93, 95 | stayed with a friend near Lake Emily, festered leg |
| ANDREASON | Peter | 14 | wrote news items |
| ANDREW | James | 119 | logging superintendent |
| BANKS | Carl | 165 | blueberry picking amusing story |
| BARNUM | Bob | 110 | deputy sheriff |
| BASANESE | Marsilio | 103 | tells about winemaking |
| BENANNE | Anna | 11 | teacher |
| BENNET | Peg Leg | 93 | stayed with a friend near Lake Emily |
| BOYINGTON | Andy | 12 to 13 | Iron River Hotel owner |
| BROSSO | Johnny | 167 | janitor at Iron River High School |
| BRZOZNOWSKI | Thomas | 17 | walked from Chicago to Gibbs City |
| BRZOZNOWSKI | Felix | 18 | farmer and worked in woods |
| BURT | Florence | 12 | teacher |
| CALLIARI | (Colliari) | 72 | Hotel in Palatka |
| CAMPBELL | Beatrice | 87 | in contest selling newspaper subscriptions |
| CHRISTENSEN | Alma | 11 | playmate of Amie Nash Olsen |
| COFFIN | Dan | 12 to 13 | dog named Myrt |
| CONNELLY | Pigface | 81 | saloonkeeper in Elmwood |
| COOK | Jay J. | 104 | original owner of Central Drugs |
| DENNISON | Alec "Black Alec" | 74, 87 to 92 | sold moonshine, "original hippie" |
| DJUPE | Bert | 64 | from Stambaugh |
| DJUPE | Bertle | 137 | husband of teacher |
| DOOLEY | Mickey | 79 | wrestler |
| FARRINGTON | John | 105 | friend of attorney Martin McDonough |
| FLANIGAN | John | 36 | owner of sheep ranch |
| FLANNIGAN | Judge | 92 | circuit judge |
| FLANNIGAN | Judge | 110 | Circuit Court Judge |
| GARDNER | Andy | 50 | teamster killed in logging camp fire |
| GIOVANELLI | Dominic | 103 | tells about Rum Rebellion |
| GONAVIN | Peter "Donny" | 51 | teamster from logging camp |
| GREENLUND | Oscar | 105 | friend of attorney Martin McDonough |
| HAASE | Charles "Barefoot Charlie" | 74, 84 to 87 | mail carrier barefoot even in winter |
| HALL | Sid | 156 | liked hunting |
| HANSON | Johnny | 93 to 94 | had Ford |
| HARRIS | Captain | 63 to 64 | mining captain |
| HARRIS | Jennie | 63 | wife of Captain, mother of 10 children |
| HENDRICKSON | Toby | 100 | tells about Rum Rebellion |
| HOAR | Walter | 67, 86 | worked at J & L Mine in Mineral Hills, prankster |
| JACOBS | J. N. | 18 | came to U.S. from Lebanon |
| JOHNSON | Gus | 79 | strong man killed by dynamite blast |
| JOHNSON | Iver | 79 | blinded by dynamite blast |
| JOHNSON | Albert | 81 | owned coffee shop by Cook's Run |
| JOHNSON | Emil | 94 | lived near Chicagoan Mine |
| JOHNSON | Gordon | 103 | houseboy for attorney Martin McDonough |
| JOHNSON | Peter | 145 | hunted deeer for food for winter |
| JOHNSON | Signe | 145 | daughter of Peter |
| JOHNSON | Mannie | 145 | son of Peter |
| KINNEY | Aaron | 31 | ice business |
| KINNEY | Oliver | 128 | ice business |
| KINNEY | Walter | 128 | ice business |
| KINNEY | Willard | 31 | ice business partner |
| LENHART | Father | 101 | wine in basement diluted with water |
| LITHEN | Emil | 94 | visited Emil Johnson |
| LONGHURST | Harold | 140 | teacher |
| LOTT | Ed | 100 | owned a team of horses |
| MANDE | Bill | 105 | friend of attorney Martin McDonough |
| McDONOUGH | Martin | 99 to 101 | prosecuting attorney involved in Rum Rebellion |
| McGRAW | Mike | 105 | trapper |
| MOSES | Bill | 14 | teacher |
| NASH | A. C. | 11 | had cabbage patch, cigar maker |
| NICHOLSON | Victor | 92 to 93 | moved to Bates 1913 age 10 |
| OLSEN | Amie Nash | 9 to 14 | Nash District homesteader |
| PARKINS | Marvin | 168 | blueberry picking amusing story |
| PATTERSON | Anne | 84 | stood up to looters |
| PETERSON | Jens | 11 | had strawberry patch |
| PIGEON | Louie | 155 | hit bear over head with axe |
| PLOURDE | Baptiste | 75 to 76 | one of two strongest men in town |
| PLOURDE | Ben | 75 to 79 | another strong man around Iron River |
| PLOURDE | Fred | 75 to 78 | logger |
| PLOURDE | Ben | 122 | logger |
| POSSANZA | Frank | 102 | delivery boy |
| PRUDHOMME | Armand | 118 | woodsworker during Depression |
| PURGATORI | Gus | 102 | butcher |
| RATAGICK | Ben | 102 | drove horse team |
| RAYMOND | Clifford | 75 | one of two strongest men in town |
| SCALCUCCI | Steve | 102 | involved in Rum Rebellion |
| SENSIBA | Ed | 110 | County Sheriff |
| SHAPODOCK | John | 21 | Chief of Potawattomi tribe |
| SILVERTHORN | Albert | 75 | picked up a model A out of ditch single-handedly |
| SINGLER | John | 98 | dray hired to haul confiscated liquor |
| SKY | Bert | 37 | Indian caretaker of Chicaugon Lake burial grounds |
| SLEEMAN | Captain | 67 | mining captain at J & L Mine in Mineral Hills |
| URBAN | Harry | 110 | Deputy Sheriff |
| WAFFEN | August | 110 | prosecuting attorney involved in Rum Rebellion |
| WEBBER | Andrew | 39 | saloon owner |
| WHEELER | Howard | 101 | deputy sheriff |
| WHEELER | Howard | 110 | Deputy Sheriff |
| WILLIAMS | Lloyd | 140 | student |