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View of Iron Mountain's East B Street near the Chicago & Northwestern Railway tracks

Dickinson County Library

Cities and towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula

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Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3

Photograph of an evergreen arch erected for the celebration of Dickinson County's formation held on June 13, 1891. The Milwaukee & Northern Railway Depot is at the left, the Commercial Hotel is in the center and Charles E. Parent's house can be seen toward the end of the south side of the 100 block. The two-story building at the right within the arch was call the McKinney Flats and contained a number of stores. This structure, with the second story removed, still stands today. The building to the right of the arch is the Central House, located at 106 East B Street.