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The trail, which has a comparative change in elevation of 1,000 feet (300 m) (steep for the U.S. Midwest) covers much of the length of the Marquette Iron Range, a historically and commercially significant range of hematite and magnetite mined for more than 150 years as iron ore. The trail celebrates the geological and human heritage of the ...
The Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming and the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee each celebrate the history of the iron ore deposit and its miners. [8] [9] A 47-mile-long (76 km) [10] hiking trail from Republic to Marquette, called the Iron Ore Heritage Trail, also provides access to the area's historical sites. [11]
The Jackson Mine is an open pit iron mine in Negaunee, Michigan, extracting resources from the Marquette Iron Range.The first iron mine in the Lake Superior region, [3] Jackson Mine was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1956 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1]
Marquette (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is the county seat of Marquette County and the largest city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Located on the shores of Lake Superior , Marquette is a major port known primarily for shipping iron ore from the Marquette Iron Range .
The Negaunee region served as the center of U.S. iron ore production from about 1880 until approximately 1900, when this role was taken over by iron mines on Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range. The Michigan Iron Industry Museum opened in 1987 close to the Carp River Forge site on the Carp River where Michigan iron ore was first forged in 1848. [2]
Negaunee (/ n ə ˈ ɡ ɔː n i / nə-GAW-nee or locally / ˈ n ə ˈ ɡ ɒ n i / nə-GON-ee) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,627 at the 2020 census. [2] The city is located at the southwest corner of Negaunee Township, which is administratively separate, in the Upper Peninsula. The city is home ...
Marquette County (/ m ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t / mar-KET) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,017. [2] It is the most populous county in the Upper Peninsula. The county seat is Marquette. [3] The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in ...
The museum also displays the mineral collections of the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club. The shaft site and museum are served by the Iron Ore Heritage Trail, a 47-mile (76 km) bicycle and hiking trail that covers much of the length of the Marquette Iron Range. The Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum is the starting location for the Marquette Marathon. [8]