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Seat : Newberry
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Topics: If you are visiting or want to know more aspects of the county these links may be helpful. Luce County
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The Michigan American Local History Network is a central web page from which independent web sites containing historical or genealogical content about Michigan or it's counties, are linked.
If you are interested in hosting a Michigan county, please contact Bonnie McVicar-Briggs, Lesley Moss or Sondra Higbee, the State Coordinators for Michigan. We will be happy to help you. We would be happy to have volunteers who prefer to host a township, city or cover a topic in a township too, such as religion, history, cemeteries, occupations, etc. We can easily link your page to the County it falls under.If you want to contribute, please check out the Volunteer FAQ Page. The county was named for Cyrus Gray Luce, Governor of Michigan from 1887 to 1890. Before 1870 the county was sparsely settled. When the railroad opened in 1881 between St. Ignace and Marquette, John Newberry founded the Vulcan Furnace Company beside the rail line. The hardwood forests were used for charcoal for iron smelting. A state hospital was opened in 1903 and today that hospital is one of the largest employers in the county. The county is still mostly undeveloped. The Tahquamenon Falls are the second largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi. County links:
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