This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Iron County, Michigan, highlighting Iron River in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ghost town stays very much alive
August 11, 2012
By NIKKI YOUNK – Staff Writer , The Daily News
BEECHWOOD – Residents of rural western Iron County are keeping the history of the area’s ghost towns alive through the Beechwood Historical Society.
Back in the late 1800s, many small towns popped up in western Iron County either along the Chicago-Northwestern railroad or near logging operations.
Some of those towns were Gibbs City, Basswood, Elmwood, and Beechwood.
Read more at The Iron Mountain Daily News.
August 12, 2012
Michigan