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Records, 1866-1867, from Grant Township, Michigan includes two bonds: an 1866 bond of Frank Mayer as Highway Commissioner and an 1867 bond of William Bodinus as Constable.

Abstract The Keweenaw Historical Society was founded in 1912 to "collect and preserve material bearing on the history of Keweenaw Peninsula, and to promote local historical study and research." After the death of President J. T. Reeder in 1937, the society became largely moribund and it was closed in favor of the new Houghton County Historical Society in 1961. The collection contains a large array of historical records collected by the society from throughout the Copper Country, including mining...

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Records, circa 1987, of the Ontonagon Citizens Information Committee, located in Ontonagon County, Michigan, a grassroots organization mainly concerned with hazardous waste disposal issues. Includes minutes, correspondence, guidelines and clippings.

Abstract Roy Ward Drier (1897-1974) was a lifelong resident of Calumet, Michigan. A graduate of the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University), Drier began collecting historical material for what was formally known as the Keweenawan Collection in the summer of 1933. For the following several decades, Drier would amass a significant collection of historical records relating to the Copper Country. The collection contains a substantial amount of historical materials collected by...