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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 ]
North American Midway Entertainment, LLC (NAME) is an American provider of midway services based in Farmland, Indiana, that describes itself as "the world's largest traveling outdoor amusement park." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] NAME provides rides, games and food to over 15 million fairgoers every year in 20 states and 4 Canadian provinces. [ 4 ]
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.
The original Negaunee depot burned in 1879. [2] This Negaunee depot was built in 1884 by the Marquette and Western Railroad as a freight and passenger depot. [ 3 ] After only a year of service, the entire line was bought by a competitor, the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon Railroad. [ 3 ]
Negaunee Township is a civil township of Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,232 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The city of Negaunee is located at the southwest corner of the township, but the two are administered autonomously.
County Road 492 (CR 492, Co. Rd. 492) is a primary county road in Marquette County, Michigan.The road serves as an alternate route between Negaunee and Marquette.Several historic sites line the roadway as it runs south and parallel to the main highway, U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and M-28, through the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Charles Sundberg was born on September 1, 1845, in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Gustave and Elizabeth Sundberg. [3] [4] He emigrated to the United States in 1864, settling first in Marquette, Michigan, and in 1869 moving to Negaunee. [3]
The Vista is a three-story Commercial Brick theater which was designed both for stage and motion picture productions. It measures 50 by 150 feet (15 by 46 m), and is constructed of yellow-buff brick over hollow tile.