The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first settler came to Chatham in 1896, when the Munising Railway Company (later Lake Superior and Ishpeming) established a line through the town. The railroad company, along with the lumber company Sutherland Innis, platted a village where the railroad intersected the township road.
Logging was the major economic activity in the area throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with Sutherland Innis, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Northwestern Cooperage and Lumber Company (Buckeye Company) and T.G. Sullivan having camps scattered throughout the area.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chatham’s history is told.
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Chatham, decade by decade
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Nothing in Chatham is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chatham has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Paulson House in Au Train, 5.8 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.