The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Baraga began with the establishment of the Holy Name Mission at this site by Rev. Frederic Baraga in 1843.
The post office opened with the name Bristol on June 29, 1869, and changed to Baraga on May 11, 1870.
In 1993, the Baraga Correctional Facility was opened in the town.
On May 30, 2022, a consortium including Finnish technology giant Wärtsilä, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Burns & McDonnell unveiled a contract with Milwaukee-based WEC Energy's subsidiary Upper Michigan Energy Resources for a fuel testing pilot.
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Start Baraga’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Baraga’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Baraga, decade by decade
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Nothing in Baraga is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Baraga has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US-41 (old)-Backwater Creek Bridge in Baraga, 1.7 miles away.
Baraga and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.