The Main Building
The Iron County Historical and Museum Society was founded
in 1962. The Picklands-Mather Co. deeded 5.5 acres, including the
headframe and engine house of the Caspian Mine, to the Society.
| The Headframe, or hoisting building,
one of the earliest of it's type, has been placed on The National Register
of Historic Places. |
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The engine house was divided into a "Village Green"
with early shops, a series of rooms in a pioneer home, a medical display,
a small chapel and a "Coming Out of The Woods" (carver's) room.
The very rare exhibit is the Monigal Miniature lumber
camp, over 80 feet long and reputed to be the "largest in the world."
Heritage Hall and two Mining Halls have been added
to the engine house to develop over 75 major exhibits. The painted
beams in Heritage Hall reflect some of the 39 ethnic groups that make up
Iron County Communities. The Mining Halls contain early mining tools
and equipment, several glass dioramas showing underground ore bodies, tramming
tunnels and mine levels, a memorial to the 562 miners killed, and the development
of unions.
Iron County Historical Museum
P.O. Box 272
Caspian, MI 49915
(906) 265-2617
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