Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~PELLSTON (Previously Pellville)~
(Lakewood)
The Village of Ely was settled about 1876 about 4 miles northwest of Pellston.
In the Emmet County 1902 Plat Book, Pellston was located in Egleston Township which later became McKinley Township.
2010 Census for Pellston ~ 822 People
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The Header photo above of a Pellston Mural was taken 11 April 2023.
Click HERE to access additional information about Pellston's MURALS
on this same Northern Mich~Mash web site.
Click HERE to access additional information about Pellston's MURALS
on this same Northern Mich~Mash web site.
Pellston was founded by William H. Pells, of Paxton, Illinois, in 1882.
"To William H. Pells must go the honor of being the 'father' of Pellston. In 1880, Warren B. Stimson, engineer in charge of building the GR&I Railroad from Petoskey to Mackinaw City had a survey tent camp located near what is now Pellston. And Mr. Stimson named the place in honor of Mr. Pells. In 1883, a plat of the village was filed by civil engineer Oliver S. Heyden for Mr. Pells." ~ Raymond W. Kalbfleisch in an article titled "Pellston small quiet town around 1900" in the April 6-12, 1988 Harbor Light.
Bird's Eye View of Pellston, Michigan
Pellston House
1883
Pellston's FIRST Rooming House
Top of Sign Reads: C.R. Walters
1883
Pellston's FIRST Rooming House
Top of Sign Reads: C.R. Walters
Pellston Haberdashery
1900s
1900s
Pellston Train Station for the G.R. & I. Railroad on Main Street...
Unpaved Main Street, looking northerly, featuring the train depot and the pool and lunch room...
Unpaved Main Street, looking northerly, featuring Drugs, Jewelry and Stationery...
Unpaved Main Street, looking northerly, featuring Joe's Meat Shop...
Unpaved Pellston Main Street beside railroad depot looking southerly...
Foot Race on unpaved Pellston Main Street in front of the train depot...
Sack Race on unpaved Pellston Main Street in front of the train depot...
Paved Pellston Main Street beside railroad depot looking northerly...
Pellston Main Street in the Winter...
1901
1908
Hale & Burley's Livery
AND
G.H. Young Veterinary Surgeon Office in Livery
Hale & Burley's Livery
AND
G.H. Young Veterinary Surgeon Office in Livery
Photo Above and Advertisement Below:
The advertisement below for G.H. Young Veterinary Surgeon tells that his office is located in
Hale & Burley's Livery as shown in the photo above.
Does anyone know the occasion for the costumes in the photo? Contact Web Master by clicking HERE.
The advertisement below for G.H. Young Veterinary Surgeon tells that his office is located in
Hale & Burley's Livery as shown in the photo above.
Does anyone know the occasion for the costumes in the photo? Contact Web Master by clicking HERE.
Eaton's Drug Store
Pellston's The Eagle Hotel
Pellston > Little Chicago
Early 1900s
Early 1900s
Photos Below: Colonel and Mrs. Charles Bogardus in 1901
What was to be named the "Bogardus Engineering Camp" in 1908 is today the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS).
Click HERE to access additional information about UMBS.
Click HERE to access additional information about UMBS.
Jackson & Tindle Camp No. 10
Maple River Dam with Jackson & Tindle Lumber in the Background
Jackson & Tindle Stave Mill
Photo Above Labeled: "Mill crew in front of mill building, Jackson and Tindle Co., Pellston, Michigan" Click the photo to enlarge to see the numbers of the people to correspond to the numbered names listed below.
1: Clarence Smith; 2: G. Smith; 3: Bolinga; 4: Mac Barbisca; 6: Walt Jurick; 7: Charles Holts; 9: Morgan; 10: Perry Richardson; 11: Cliff Rae; 12: George Newsome; 15: John Trotzrek; 16: Amos Shawa; 17: Charles Frook; 18: Lee Cory; 19: Mr. Fought Sr.; 20: Young; 21: Bill Crothers; 22: Frank Compo; 23: Edward J. Fent; 24: Compo; 26: Fred Warner; 27: Cliff Gardner; 28: Levi Tatro; 29: John Crawford; 30: James Hinsley; 31: Gus Johnson; 32: John Moore; 33: Dan Hapner; 34: Jimmy Foroise; 35: Charles Sarrow; 36: Emery Linton; 37: Lem Fought; 38: Frank Swawa; 39: Claud Phillips; 40: Bruce Dietz; 43: Roy Fought; 44: Clifton Gardner; 45: Edward Bradley; 46: Morton Croff; 47: Vern Zimmerman; 49: Claude Brown; 50: Brown; 51: McDonald; 52: Ray Zimmerman; 54: David Minard; 55: Floyd Johnson;
Grand Opening of Jackson & Tindle
About 1909-1910
About 1909-1910
Photo Below:
Trapeze artist performing on lawn across from the Jackson and Tindle store in Pellston near the railroad...
Trapeze artist performing on lawn across from the Jackson and Tindle store in Pellston near the railroad...
Photo Below: Undated, but labeled as near Jackson and Tindle trapeze artist.
The photo appears to be very much from the exact timeframe as the photo above.
The photo appears to be very much from the exact timeframe as the photo above.
Jackson & Tindle Store on Fire in 1920s
Obituary Below: Walter B. Merris was associated with Jackson & Tindle (article above)
upon coming to Pellston.
upon coming to Pellston.
Article Below: Fire at
Tindle & Jackson Camp No. 6 |
Jackson & Tindle Co. Mill No. 3
Jackson & Tindle Log–Filled Mill Pond
1907 Jackson and Tindle Mil Photo/Text Below L>R::
Art Howard, Joe Burrow, William Flood and Frank Hanley
Art Howard, Joe Burrow, William Flood and Frank Hanley
1913 Jackson and Tindle Mil Photo/Text Below:
Al Cowan was on the right in the photo.
Al Cowan was on the right in the photo.
Jackson & Tindle Handle Mill and Maple River
Photo Above: Same as in the photo below for the 1981 advertisement...
McRae Family Lumber Business had and early start with George R. McRae being superintendent of the Jackson & Tindle Co. The two companies occupied the same location over the years. The McRae home (below right) was located at 6304 West Mill Street in Pellston. Eventually, McRae Lumber Opened a satellite company in Mackinaw City (Second Photo Below in Center) .
Photo Below Right:
George F. McRae, former superintendent of Jackson and Tindle Co. lumbering operation
the period in which he and his wife owned and operated the McRae Lumber Co.
"Our Golden Rule is to be Square and on the Level".
George F. McRae, former superintendent of Jackson and Tindle Co. lumbering operation
the period in which he and his wife owned and operated the McRae Lumber Co.
"Our Golden Rule is to be Square and on the Level".
The "Last Log to be sawed at the Jackson & Tindle Co. Saw Mill" on a parade float...
Two Photos Below:
McRae Lumber Co. participated in the 1969 Pellston parade with Stanley McRae hoeing his hewing broad axe...
McRae Lumber Co. participated in the 1969 Pellston parade with Stanley McRae hoeing his hewing broad axe...
Jackson & Tindle Advertising Postcard
Ten drivers and their draft horse teams in the yard of the Jackson & Tindle Co. mill
with Pellston in the background...
with Pellston in the background...
Jackson & Tindel Stave Mills with some Young Workers
1902
Pellston on the Move
Pellston on the Move
Photo Below Labeled: "Chas Moody at arrow and in front of their Pellston Store. Riley Meyers 1st man in back."
Photo Below Labeled: "Pellston 1908 Tom Whiteford"
Logging Train Near Pellston
Ray Kalbfleisch described the above photo in his book about Northern Emmet County as posted on a 3 January 1983 Cheboygan, Michigan, newspaper The Observer: "A train without tracks on its way to the sawmill. This was the Pulpwood Special, with a train of sleighs loaded with logs being hauled by a steam tractor type vehicle with skis in front and caterpillar tread wheels at back [Affectionately and appropriately dubbed "The Bull Moose" because of its great strength and power. One was also in use at Harbor Springs in the early 1900s.]. The engine was owned by George Michelin, who used this system to haul logs to the Embury Martin sawmill in Cheboygan, crossing the Cheboygan River at a winter temporary bridge at Washington Park. It was a similar engine that became abandoned and lost in the woods east of Cheboygan. That engine was owned by M.D. Olds, and was used to haul logs from areas where his regular logging train, operating on tracks from Cheboygan eastward into Presque Isle county, could not go. The Olds engine was reported to have been driven off the road grade and into a thicket by a disgruntled employee and became abandoned. To steer such an engine, two men rode outside in front as shown to work the skis."
Pellston's Lumbermen in the woods working at bucking a log with a crosscut saw...
Logging with a Jackson & Tindle Steam Engine in the Woods
Using a Steam Loader on a Jackson & Tindle Logging Spur
Pellston Cordwood Choppers
TOP
~ Pellston's Pioneer Picnics ~
Photo Below: MWA (Modern Woodmen of America) Day in Pellston
MWA was a fraternal life insurance society.
~ "Uncle John" Wachtel's Story of his Early Years in Pellston ~
1904
1904
1907
~ Pellston Methodist Church Gets New Pipe Organ ~
1907
1907
First Methodist Church in Pellston
~ Barker Siding > Lakewood ~
The BARKER SIDING name changed in 1903 to Lakewood... (One mile south of Levering and five miles north of Pellston). In 1907, as reported in the article below, Bogardus Company of Pellston purchased the entire plant at Lakewood including 52 dwellings. With the decline of the virgin timber and the sawmill no longer running, the village was becoming a ghost town.
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~ A Lakewood Building in 1900 ~
~ Lakewood Building and Workmen ~
~ Lakewood People with Two-Wheeled Carts ~
After Bogardus bought Lakewood, the lumber mill was sold to E.C. Sisson, dismantled, and taken to Alabama. Several of the houses were loaded on sleighs and moved to the other mill which the Bogardus company operated a mile east of Pellston. Several of the Lakewood mill employees moved to Alabama along with the mill.
~ A.D. Anderson Garage... Auto Sales ~
~ Pellston Garage, Wallpaper and Paint Store ~
(Opera in stone plate at top of the building)
(Opera in stone plate at top of the building)
Photo Below Labeled: "Pellston_opera house_garage wallpaper and paint store"
1909
~ GR&I Work Train Putting in a Turn Around in Pellston ~
1909
~ Pellston's Bogardus Mills Destroyed by Fire ~
1911
Maurice Eby has created a website book titled The Great Lumbering Era of Emmet County, Michigan which includes a great deal of information about the above Bogardus Mills in Pellston.
Albert Benson, Former Pellston Resident, Killed in Forest Fire in the West
1912
1912
Labor Day 1913 in Pellston
Campbell Hotel in Pellston, Michigan
Commercial Hotel in Pellston, Michigan
G.R.&I. RR Assisting Pellston in Agricultural Education
1915
1915
,Grayson...
Postmaster, President, McKinley Township Supervisor,
Publisher of Pellston Journal since 1903
1916
Postmaster, President, McKinley Township Supervisor,
Publisher of Pellston Journal since 1903
1916
~ New Cement Bridge ~
1923
1923
~ Pellston Resident for Last 52 Years ~
1927
1927
~ People's State Bank at Pellston Closed ~
1927
1927
~ Pellston Severe Fire Loss ~
1936
1936
~ Mr. and Mrs. George Mallory Celebrated 65th Wedding Anniversary ~
1942
1942
~ Pellston–The Cold Spot ~
1948
1948
~ Pellston Fire Tower ~
1951
1951
~ Lumbering and Pellston Recollections ~
1954
1954
~ Pellston Masons Two-Story Building Almost Done ~
1956
1956
~ Good Pellston Neighbors and the Telephone ~
1959
~ Pellston's Oldest Resident and an OLD Dog ~
1960
1960
~ Phelps worked for Pellston's Jackson and Tingle Lumber Mill AND Van's Van Avery Lumber Mill ~
1966
1966
~ Pellston's East Mill and Planing Mill pointed out on aerial Photo Below ~
1968
1968 Article Below: Has this eagle landed back on the Pellston War Memorial?
If you know, contact this webmaster please.
If you know, contact this webmaster please.
~ Noah Leinbach OLDEST Pellston Resident Celebrated his 99th Birthday.~
1969
1969
~ New Branch of Citizens National Bank in Pellston ~
1970
1970
Below: The obituary of Pellston resident, Robert W. Peterson tells of his many involvements with area happenings.
~ Pellston Pioneer Days ~
~ Pioneer Days of Robinson Road Abandoned Grist Mill ~
~ Pellston's Pioneer Days to Honor Nellie May Bennett ~
1970
1970
~ Pellston's Pile of Junked Autos ~
1971
1971
~ Mrs. Robinson, 92, to be Queen for a Day at Pellston Pioneer Days ~
1971
1971
~ Pellston's Pioneer Days ~
1974
1974
~ No Grant for Pellston Industrial Park ~
1982
1982
~ McKinley Township Cemetery Sign ~
1984
Click HERE to access McKinley Township Cemetery Memorials on Find-A-Grave.
1984
Click HERE to access McKinley Township Cemetery Memorials on Find-A-Grave.
~ Pellston Friendship Center to have Parking Lot Paved ~
1991
1991
~ Partial Demolition of Ski's Party Store Halted when State Brownfield Grant Guidelines not Followed ~
2019
(Official demolition by Tri-County to begin 9 July 2019 and to be completed no later than two weeks.)
2019
(Official demolition by Tri-County to begin 9 July 2019 and to be completed no later than two weeks.)
~ Last Train from Pellston ~
1987
1987
Photo Below: In 2019 this railroad depot has been preserved and serves as a Pellston History Museum.
~ Camp Pellston ~
Camp Pellston was built in 1957 by the Michigan Department of Corrections
large enough to house 140 inmates on 52 acres of state land near Pellston.
Over the years of operation of Camp Pellston,
walkaways were not uncommon, with one incident of a walkaway
ending in two tragic deaths of local area people!
large enough to house 140 inmates on 52 acres of state land near Pellston.
Over the years of operation of Camp Pellston,
walkaways were not uncommon, with one incident of a walkaway
ending in two tragic deaths of local area people!
EMPLOYEES of CAMP PELLSTON, over the years:
Joel Thomas Greenway (camp supervisor)
Ross Kerton
Dale Richard Lambert (retired 1989)
Reverend Lovick
Joseph "Joe" Villemure
Frank W. Vroman
Joel Thomas Greenway (camp supervisor)
Ross Kerton
Dale Richard Lambert (retired 1989)
Reverend Lovick
Joseph "Joe" Villemure
Frank W. Vroman
In 1954 Camp Pellston was established as a low security prison camp on State-owned property; being partially in Pleasantview Township and partially in Center Township. Camp Pellston quit operating 31 December 2001.
More information about Camp Pellston, an honor's prison, may be found in the March 2019 Mackinac Journal, a magazine of the Straits and the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Rick Wiles, local historian, wrote an article titled "The Honor System: Emmet County's State Prisons."
More information about Camp Pellston, an honor's prison, may be found in the March 2019 Mackinac Journal, a magazine of the Straits and the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Rick Wiles, local historian, wrote an article titled "The Honor System: Emmet County's State Prisons."
~ Maple River ~
Lake Kathleen and Dam
(Maple River)
(Maple River)
~ Dam Owners and their Happenings Over the Years ~
1884 ~ Built to power a sawmill
1892–1897 ~ Manufacture shingles
1901 ~ Produce Hydroelectricity
1938 ~ Cheboygan Elecric Company owned the plant > Consumers Power
1960s ~ Ken McLaughlin to develop lake homes and golf course
1997 ~ Paxon "Packy" Offield purchased property
2014 ~ Offield made plans to remove dam, but he passed away 14 June 2015
2016 ~ Holts purchased the property and still considered removal of dam
2018 ~ * Dam was removed
*The estimated Maple River Dam removal cost is $2.3 million.
1892–1897 ~ Manufacture shingles
1901 ~ Produce Hydroelectricity
1938 ~ Cheboygan Elecric Company owned the plant > Consumers Power
1960s ~ Ken McLaughlin to develop lake homes and golf course
1997 ~ Paxon "Packy" Offield purchased property
2014 ~ Offield made plans to remove dam, but he passed away 14 June 2015
2016 ~ Holts purchased the property and still considered removal of dam
2018 ~ * Dam was removed
*The estimated Maple River Dam removal cost is $2.3 million.
Photo Below: The Jackson & Tindle Co. Mill was built by the Maple River Dam to power the mill. Additional photos of the Jackson & Tindle Co. may be viewed farther above on this same web page.
~ New Maple River Bridge ~
1906
1906
Photo Below: Abandoned Power Dam on Maple River near where Dam Site Inn stands.
The Bogardus Power Plant was a few hundred yards to the west.
This Power House was built in 1913 by the Cheboygan Light & Power.
The Bogardus Power Plant was a few hundred yards to the west.
This Power House was built in 1913 by the Cheboygan Light & Power.
The Maple River Inn and The Dam Site Inn
The Dam Site Inn area was homesteaded by Henry Park in 1877. Two Park daughters [twins] married and stayed on the farm. Effie Sage lived on the north side of Woodland road and Elbie Efting lived on the south side. Effie died in 1912 and Elbie divorced. Elbie went away to live with her older sister, Nancy, who was married to Sam Hady. About 1926, Nancy and Elbie [and Sam] came back to the Maple River and started the Maple River Inn on the Efting land. The Inn was a tea room and restaurant. The Inn was still in operation in 1940. Elbie and Nancy moved to Harbor Springs in 1942 and the Inn became a private residence. After Effie Sage died, that land was owned by several farmers. In the 1930’s, a Hunting Club owned the land. I assume that they built the big building. The current owner of the Dam Site Inn reports that in the 1940’s and until 1947, the building was home to a nightclub called “The Clubhouse.” It was a high end dance club with a number of big bands that played. Ken and Kathy McLaughlin started the Dam Site Inn, a fine restaurant, in 1953 after the dam had washed out in November of 1951. In 1960, Ken rebuilt the dam and planned a golf course. To date, nothing has been developed on the land. The McLaughlin’s sold to Joe and Betty Church in in 1977. ~ The History of Brutus and Maple River Township by Maurice Eby (Click HERE)
Betty Church passed 27 July 2023. Betty had been the owner of the Dam Site Inn from 1977 to 1992.
Betty Church passed 27 July 2023. Betty had been the owner of the Dam Site Inn from 1977 to 1992.
~ Pellston Bridge Gave Way ~
1951
~ 1952 ~
1953
Flooding on the East Branch of the Maple River
1959
1959
County Sells Property to McLaughlins
1963
1963
~ New Kathleen Lake South of Pellston ~
Woodland Road, Pellston, Michigan
1967
The photos in the gallery below were taken by the 1967 Petoskey News Review and captured from the Greenwood Photo Archive of Petoskey Newspapers... these photo were labeled as May 1967. The gentleman in two of the photos was Kenneth McClaughlin as viewed in the article above.
1971
"Land Swap between Kenneth McLaughliin and DNR May be Appealed"
"Land Swap between Kenneth McLaughliin and DNR May be Appealed"
July 1974
Maple River Log Jam with DNR Attention
2009
Emmet County owns about 300 acres of land very close to Lake Kathleen.
Maple River
2018
2018
Slideshow below from 13 March 2018 of Lake Kathleen and the Maple River and the Maple River Dam, on Woodland Road part way between Brutus and Pellston. The Dam Site Inn is also on this road and uses a Pellston, Michigan, mailing address. The dam is scheduled to be removed in May/June, or July 2018.
Four Photos Below: Nothing happening with dam removal yet... 24 June 2018
In 2018 Lake Kathleen is 42 acres with an average depth of 4.2 feet and maximum depth of 12.9 feet.
The 3 May 2018 Emmet County Road Commission minutes below
report the progress with bids for the dam removal.
report the progress with bids for the dam removal.
Slideshow Below: By 4 December 2018 most of the work was done
in eliminating Lake Kathleen and removing the dam, with a bridge replacement.
in eliminating Lake Kathleen and removing the dam, with a bridge replacement.
Slideshow Below: Lake Kathleen is no more!
25 May 2019
25 May 2019
Dam and Lake Kathleen ALL GONE...
9 September 2019
9 September 2019
Dam Site Inn Owners... 1953
Dam Site Inn Owners Buy County Property... 1963
Plan to rebuild dam and develop the area around the flooded section
Plan to rebuild dam and develop the area around the flooded section
Dam Site Inn has New Owners... 1983
Advertisement Below: How will this business "By The Dam, On The Maple River"
be advertised after the DAM is gone?
The dam was NO MORE by September 2018...
Key Players to accomplish removal of the dam that led to the "free-flowing" Maple River: Packy Offield last owner of Lake Kathleen Dam, Environmentalists of Northern Michigan, Conservation Resource Alliance in Traverse City (Director Amy Beyer), Little Traverse Conservancy, Odawa Indians, Rick Holton, Sr.
~ Pellston Schools ~
Among the very first Pellston residents was Allen C. Wright and family who made their residence in Section 21 about 1882. He later became the village's first teacher.
Mr. Wright was very active in organizing McKinley Township, and the Pellston School District No. 1. The school, with only 9 pupils, was then located at the corner of West Main and Egleston. Mr. Wright received $43 for his first three months of teaching.
Mr. Wright was very active in organizing McKinley Township, and the Pellston School District No. 1. The school, with only 9 pupils, was then located at the corner of West Main and Egleston. Mr. Wright received $43 for his first three months of teaching.
Two Photos Below: Second Pellston School;
First was frame building. Both now torn down.
This school cost the Moody & Geiken store $900.00 a year in taxes.
First was frame building. Both now torn down.
This school cost the Moody & Geiken store $900.00 a year in taxes.
~ History of the Pellston Schools ~
Information presented by Raymond Kalbfleisch in the
October 21-27, 1987 Harbor Light
Information presented by Raymond Kalbfleisch in the
October 21-27, 1987 Harbor Light
1900: The McKinley Township School had one student and one teacher.
1902: The original schoolhouse was built on or near the present high school complex.
1908: They enrolled 250 students of which 30 students were ages 14-18. They had eight teachers and 15 students graduated from the 8th grade.
1915: 304 students and 11 teachers were in the Pellston School; 158 were boys and 146 girls. Twelve 8th grade students graduated that year.
1932: Fire destroyed the wooden structure.
1933 (January): New brick two-story building constructed and first used.
1969: The present building was erected.
1902: The original schoolhouse was built on or near the present high school complex.
1908: They enrolled 250 students of which 30 students were ages 14-18. They had eight teachers and 15 students graduated from the 8th grade.
1915: 304 students and 11 teachers were in the Pellston School; 158 were boys and 146 girls. Twelve 8th grade students graduated that year.
1932: Fire destroyed the wooden structure.
1933 (January): New brick two-story building constructed and first used.
1969: The present building was erected.
~ Fired Destroyed the Wooden School Structure ~
1932
1932
~ McRae-Simmons Lumber Co. ~
1976
1976
~ Sovereign Deed LLC~
2007
2007
Hmmmmm... only the Beginning
2007
2007
The Northern Express 12 December 2007 headlined an article by asking "Is Survival Only for the Rich?"
Click HERE to read the above article.
Click HERE to read the above article.
The state and local embroilment over Sovereign Deed was
well documented in the 25 January 2008 Petoskey News Review article by Fred Gray...
"Uncertainty over Sovereign Deed Plans."
A thorough chronological report was titled
"Sovereign Deed: a house of cards."
well documented in the 25 January 2008 Petoskey News Review article by Fred Gray...
"Uncertainty over Sovereign Deed Plans."
A thorough chronological report was titled
"Sovereign Deed: a house of cards."
The Sovereign Deed Promise pamphlet below in two parts (front/back and inside) explains its mission.
Not stated on the pamphlet, but noted elsewhere,
the initial individual membership cost would be $50,000.00, plus $15,000.00 annual dues.
Not stated on the pamphlet, but noted elsewhere,
the initial individual membership cost would be $50,000.00, plus $15,000.00 annual dues.
The Pellston Veterans Memorial is featured on the Charlevoix Emmet History web site,
on the "Pellston MI Veterans Memorial" web page.
on the "Pellston MI Veterans Memorial" web page.
A Village of Pellston Community Recreation Plan for 2013-2018
is filled with valuable and interesting information about the entire village.
Information about Pellston Regional Airport can be found on
the Airports web page on this same Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site.
Village of Ely
The Village of Ely was settled about 1876 about 4 miles northwest of Pellston. Many lumber mills were located in the area. The Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad Mackinaw City branch which left the line from Pellston (going through today's Pellston Airport property) serviced Ely. Maurice Eby's on-line book titled "The Great Lumbering Era of Emmet County, Michigan" featuring Pellston and Ely information may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Obituary Below:
Mrs. Homer (Ellen) Shorter of Ely, Michigan, passed on 26 April 1899 in Ely, and was laid to rest in the Ely Cemetery.
Mrs. Homer (Ellen) Shorter of Ely, Michigan, passed on 26 April 1899 in Ely, and was laid to rest in the Ely Cemetery.
Beebe Postcard Below: "A Little Game ~ Ely, Mich"