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Journey Back in Time Journey Back in Time AA HHJOURNEYJOURNEYISTORYISTORY BACKBACK PPIN ROJECTROJECTTIME DAILY GLOBE 2 l TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 HISTORY THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM 15,000 attend opening of Gogebic County airport By RALPH ANSAMI Douglas DC-W by Wisconsin Cen- [email protected] tral Airlines. IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The terminal building was con- The Gogebic-Iron County Airport structed in the summer of 1960 in Ironwood Township is in its and 1978 brought a new runway, 86th year of operation. 150 by 6,500 feet. That same A former Ironwood community year, Gogebic County entered development director often said into an agreement with Iron Ironwood was fortunate to have County to jointly manage the air- three key economic tools — a hos- port, a partnership that contin- pital, community college and air- ues today. port — and despite some strug- The airport board currently gles over the years, the airport has three Gogebic County repre- continues to provide passenger sentatives and two from Iron flights, as well as serve small air- County, having been reduced in craft, its original purpose. size in recent years. Jim Oliver, a In April of 1930, land was pur- county board member from Iron- chased and cleared for the airport. wood, serves as airport board A grass runway was constructed chairman. Fellow county commis- and used by small planes. sioners Joe Bonovetz, of Besse- The airport was dedicated on mer, and Leroy Kangas, of Iron- Sept. 3, 1930, with more than wood Township, are also on the 15,000 people in attendance. airport board. The Iron County The Ironwood Daily Globe’s 12- members are county board chair page evening edition that day and Hurley Mayor Joe Pinardi included a lead story on the dedi- and Paul Mullard, of Hurley, who cation. U.S. Rep. Frank James, of serves as airport board vice- Hancock, often called “the Flying chairman. Congressman,” arrived in a trans- During the period of 1987-’95, port plane with 24 other planes three new hangars were built. that day. A new terminal building was Daily Globe images James was chairman of the constructed in 2010. THE OPENING of the Gogebic County Airport on Sept. 3, 1930, drew 15,000 people some of whom took advantage of a commemorative mail- House Military Affairs Committee In 2014, the east parallel taxi- ing opportunity on the first day of air mail being sent from Ironwood. These two letters bear regular and special post marks from the day. The of Congress. way construction was completed letter above has a 5-cent air mail stamp and a Buffalo, N.Y., post mark on the back dated Sept. 4. The letter below has a 4-cent Martha Wash- The planes, called air ships in and 2015 marked a west parallel ington stamp and a 1-cent Ben Franklin stamp. The vertical signature, presumably of the sender, is that of then-Ironwood city manager Dow those days, came from some taxiway construction project. I. Sears. national air races in Chicago and Projects at the airport are now flew in a “J” formation to honor tackled under a five-year plan. James. A project this summer will The paper didn’t publish local include the terminal apron reha- photos in those days, so there bilitation at an estimated cost of were none of the historic occasion. around $500,000. James told the crowd that Iron- A milling and filling blacktop wood needed an airport because project for the airport’s taxiway is the nearest airfield was in Mer- scheduled for 2017. cer, Wis. Improvement projects at the A committee had been formed airport are mostly federally and and the property acquisition and state funded, with the county the early airport field cost around paying only 2.5 percent of the $45,000, although the paper said costs. another expenditure of around Many airlines have offered $50,000 would be needed to make passenger flights out of the air- it a “first-class” airport. port over the years. Then in the 1930s, during the Air Choice One has the current Great Depression, the Works Essential Air Service contract for Progress Administration con- the airport, offering flights to and structed the stone hangar build- from Chicago’s O’Hare Interna- ing that still stands. It is an 80- tional Airport. by-100-foot fieldstone structure Frontier Express provided ser- that remains in service today. It vice at the airport until March 8, was recognized by the Smithsoni- 2012. Great Lakes Airlines began an Institute. offering service on March 17, In 1949, a paved east-west 2012, but it was discontinued on runway — 75 by 3,900 feet — was Jan. 31, 2014. constructed in the summer. That On April 18, 2014, the Depart- same year, scheduled passenger ment of Transportation awarded service began on Dec. 1 with a a contract to Air Choice One. City of Bessemer, Michigan Four Seasons of Fun! The City of Bessemer was founded and de- veloped as a result of the discovery of iron ore. Area mining began in 1883, and the City began to attract residents by 1885, in- cluding miners who were of Cornish, Irish, Scandinavian, French Canadian, Polish, FOR ALL YOUR ELDER LAW NEEDS and Finnish descent. Ore was transported by rail from the Colby open pit mine to the Ashland, WI ore docks. Bessemer’s landscape is crisscrossed by abandoned rail lines serving Paul A. Sturgul and Ryan J. Long the numerous and now closed mines. The area was once heavily timbered, supporting a lumber industry. When the mining activity declined, so did the population of Bessemer. In 1966 the last mine in Bessemer was closed. The city has now become a center for winter tourism with Our law firm has over 30 years three major downhill ski resorts located nearby as well as opportunities for snowmobiling and cross country skiing. The area’s dependable snowfall, terrain, scenic qualities, and accessible of experience in elder law public lands support the winter tourism economy. The area economy now consists of the serv- and can help you ice industry, health care, and small manufacturing. through these complex situations. The Ethnic Commons Park and Trailhead • Health and long-term care planning Honors the different nationalities of people who established the city. • Estate planning: Wills, Trusts & Probate • Powers of attorney and guardianship Paul A. Sturgul is a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Gogebic County Courthouse a Charter Member of the Council of Advanced Elder Law Practitioners Erected in 1888 and enlarged in 1915 and Licensed in Wisconsin and Michigan. Attorney Ryan J. Long is licensed in Wisconsin and Minnesota. For more history and information STURGUL & LONG visit our website ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW www.cityofbessemer.org 312 Silver Street, Hurley, Wisconsin 54534 411 S. Sophie St. Bessemer, MI 49911 906-663-4311 (715) 561-4600 Toll Free 1-888-613-0600 THE DAILY GLOBE • YOURDAILYGLOBE.COM HISTORY TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 l 3 Wolverine Trails built on ski-jumping legacy By RICHARD JENKINS — sometimes known as the bic Range Ski Club was the fore- Bowl, several people got onto the [email protected] Gogebic Range Ski Corporation runner to Copper Peak so that GRSC and, in addition to getting IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — — which formed in 1935 and was group was now concentrating on events at Copper Park going — While the Wolverine Nordic Ski a forerunner to the Copper Peak the Copper Peak site, doing all starting with the first event in Trails are now primarily known board. The club’s board featured the things that needed to be done 1970 — rebuilt a 50-meter slide for cross-country skiing and representatives from the various — so in 1964 a bunch of guys got at Wolverine in 1975. snowshoeing, remnants of the communities in the area. together and we collected the old The renewed focus on Wolver- site’s ski jumping past are still Prior to this, Supercynski lumber, and the old poles, and ine opened the door for the addi- clearly visible from the trail’s said, it was local neighborhood we... made a hill out of the wreck- tion of ski trails to the site, warming chalet and parking lot. groups such as the Norrie and age. according to Supercynski. The area’s rich ski jumping Aurora clubs that oversaw the “And they didn’t jump as far, “Once we had the Wolverine history dates to the creation of ski jumping competitions. obviously, we had a couple infor- site, then we said, ‘Now we’re Ironwood Ski Club in 1905 and While Supercynski said the mal competitions on (the rebuilt going to build the cross-country included the setting of a world board would have preferred hills) in ‘64 and ‘65, and they trails.’ So in ‘76, we built about, record in 1911, according to locating the new jump at Copper jumped 150 feet on the hill.” I’m guessing, roughly 5 miles of Charlie Supercynski, who wrote Peak, considerably more effort Supercynski said ski jumping cross country trails in the sum- the book “Soaring with the was needed to build a jump there fans in the area knew something mer and fall of ‘76,” he said, Eagles: The Copper Peak Story,” than at Wolverine. had to be done to keep kids adding Wolverine was the first with ski jumping beginning at The organization built a 60- involved in the sport, so they cross-country ski trail in the Wolverine in the mid-1930s. meter ski jump on the Wolverine built a smaller 30-meter slide area. “Basically what happened was site and the first competition was known as “the Iron Bowl” in the The trails were expanded in there was a very prominent ski in the winter of 1936.
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