Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about West Ishpeming came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of West Ishpeming in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Ishpeming. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our West Ishpeming data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Ishpeming:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for West Ishpeming. See our Misc Page for West Ishpeming for more information.