Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Armstrong family scrapbook |
Catalog Number |
A-2021.25.01 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Scope & Content |
Material from the Armstrong family of Stonington, especially the Peninsula Point Lighthouse and Captain Armstrong's tenure as Lighthouse keeper. Many other articles, obituaries, etc. for Stonington and Delta County in general. On the cover a small note is taped reading: "Armstrong Family and their many friends from Stonington by Gil Hilgemo." Few of the clippings included have dates. The material is not arranged in any type of chronological order. Contents: Charles Beggs and James Armstrong [photo], (1); Safeguarded Ships 46 Years Escanaba Lighthouse Keeper Retires with Prefect Record (8-1-1931-) [photo], (2) ; 5 unidentified men at an outdoor table (3); Point Peninsula Lighthouse, Historic Delta Landmark, May be Sold, Razed (12/31/1942) (4); Stonington Folk Rally to Save Old Lighthouse (5); Clint Dunathan article on Bay de Noquette Grange at Stonington dance (6); Dunathan article naming ships and crew members lost off of Stonington through the years (7); Stonington Grange Wins First in State Contest (11/14/1949) (7); Captain Armstrong's birthday (1939) [photo] (8)'; Capt. Armstrong Dies Suddenly at His Home [photo] (1/18/1940) (9); Larry Girard to Emcee the 12th annual Escanaba Ice Review (1950); [photo] (10); Wells Bridge to Be Closed (11) ; Carl Nyberg and Mrs. Nyberg and daughter Alice injured in accident (11); Lighthouse Crew {Minneapolis Shoal} Battles Ice to Start Operations [photo] (12); Squaw Point Light Damaged (13); Dunathan article on Lighthouses as Places of Interest (15); 3rd Grade Certificate for Ellen Sparling (Mrs. James Armstrong) from 1885 (16); Photo of Mrs. Armstrong sitting on her front porch (16); 200 At Old Lighthouse For 'Pioneer' Meeting: Hear Stonington Story (18); first Services in New Trinity Church, Stonington, July 4, 1948 [photo] (19); Dunathan article about Escanaba and Squaw Point lighthouses (21); Peninsula Point Lighthouse destroyed by Evening Blaze (21); Peninsula Point Recreation Area to be Improved 11/19/1962 [photo] (22); Dunathan article on Minneapolis Shoal Lighthouse (23); Strong Community Spirit Marks 'Little Scandinavia' {photo] (29); City History is Told Here (Adele Oliver, Hattie Farrell) (30); New Gravel Hauler Cuts Costs and Triples Load {Delta Co. Road Commission} (30); Clark Mill at Head of Little Bay Was Second in County, Says Sawyer (1949) [photo] (31); Big Rock Crusher, Groos Landmark for Many Years, Soon to be Razed {Bichler Gravel Pit} (2/21/1948) [photo] (32); Last of St. Ann's as church is dismantled after fire of 1947 [photo] (34); Heroic Ehnerd Hanson Saved Three Lives in Tragic Danforth Fire (1978) (34); Lucy Stone Paquette and her baskets [photo] (35); Men Lived with Danger on Early River Drives, by Carl Sawyer [photos] (36)'; Sharpensteen Resigns: Delta Road Engineer to Accept Job in Genesee [photo] (37); Peninsula Point Lighthouse May be Sold, Razed [photo] (39); Race for Rich Pinelands Started Fabulous Era of U.P. Lumbering, C. Saywer (40);Many County Residents Build Cabins, Buy Land (1949) [photos] (41); Old Days in Logging Camp Recalled by Sawyer (42); Terrace Gardens Dance Hall Destroyed by Fire (1949) [photo] (43); Nahma Still Center of Lumbering on Big Bay, C. Sawyer [photo] (44)); Marquette's first Ore Dock Erected in 1844 (44); Smith, Jensen, and Stille Listed in 1897 Directory [photo] (45); E.G. Royce retiring [photo] (46); George Jerow working bandsaw, Napoleon LaCosse, operating a jigsaw [photo] (46); Dunathan articles on Gustav Swenson, and the Peninsula Point Lighthouse (47); Wm. Karas Named Highway Engineer [photo] (48); Modern A Frame Cottage build on Stonington shore (1962) [photo]; Arthur Horchner (52); Wells 8th Graders Get Diplomas [photo] (50) ; Fire Damages Colonial Inn, Gas Station at Rapid River (54); Ensign Store Owners Retire (Magnuson Brothers) (560; FIRST Local sawmill Built over Century Ago, C. Sawyer [photo] (58); C & NW Railroad Opened Big Area to Lumbering, C. Sawyer (49); Swedes Built 'Little Paradise' on No. 1 Dam Site of Escanaba River, Eric E. Nyber Recalls (66); Swedish Couple Fashions colorful Wood Novelties on Farm at Bark River {Elmer Carlson} [photo] (68); Radio System Steps Up Delta Road Efficiency(Delta Co Road Commission) [photo] (69); WDBC Completes Tests For New Station [photo] (70, 71); Abandon Bridge (Wells) or Repair It [photo[ (72) Obituaries for: Elmer A. St. Martin, Harry W. Long (Dr.), Gida Pederson, Herman Jacobsen, Charles Ostling, Christina Bonefeld (33); Hugh Jacobson, Anna Nystrom, Fred Royce, Martin Thorsen, Mary Christensen Olsen, (38); E.C. Voght, (46); C. E. Rudenberg, George K. Brown, Koster L. Christensen, Robert Selkirk (48); Margareta Petersen, Jennie J. Jensen, Hannah Messier, George Lorenson (49); Della McClelland, Laura Skaug, Robert Christensen, Axel Johnson, Charles A. Thompson, Jacob Groos [photo] (51); Gary Soderman (53); Ruth Jacobsen, Betty Anderson, Ernest Gaufin (54); Hazel Erickson, Mae Nyberg (55); Sharon Lee Duchaine, Russell Peterson (60); Dennis R. Finlan (62); John Kay (62); G.O. Peterson (67); |
Collection |
Archives |
Search Terms |
Armstrong Family (Capt. James) Bichler Quarry and Gravel Pit Danish immigrants in Delta County Delta County Road Commission Ensign Township Groos, MI Minneapolis Shoals Lighthouse Nahma, MI Norwegians in Delta County Peninsula Point Lighthouse Squaw Point Lighthouse St. Anne Catholic Church, Escanaba Stonington Peninsula Swedish immigrants in Delta County Terrace Bay Inn Trinity Lutheran Church, Stonington WDBC Radio Station Wells, MI |
Subjects |
A-frame buildings Basket making Bridges Crushers, Ore Docks Drowning victims Fires Grange Ice Lighthouse keepers Lighthouses Lumber camps Lumber industry Lumberjacks Lumbermen Ore industry Sawmills Storms |
People |
Armstrong, Ellen Armstrong, James D. Beggs, Charles Bonefeld, Christina Marie Brown, George K. Christensen, Koester L. Christensen, Robert Charles Duchaine, Sharon Lee Erickson, Hazel Finlan, Dennis Gaufin, Ernest Girard, Larry Groos, Jacob Hanson, Ehnerd Horchner, Arthur Jacobsen, Herman Jacobsen, Ruth Jacobson, Hugh Jensen, Jennie A. Johnson, Axel Karas, William J. Kay, John Kay, Norma Long, Harry W. Lorensen, George McClelland, Della Messier, Hannah Nyberg, Carl Nyberg, Mae Nystrom, Anna Olsen, Mary Christensen Ostling, Charles Pederson, Gida Peterson, George O. Peterson, Margareta Peterson, Russell Royce, E. G. Royce, Fred F. Rudenberg, Carl Edward Selkirk, Robert Earl Sharpensteen, J. T. Skaug, Laura Soderman, Gary St. Martin, Elmer Stone, Lizzie Thompson, Charles Thorsen, Martin Voght, Edward C. |