Iron County Historical Musuem

Iron County Historical Museum is a must do on your next trip to Iron County Michigan.

People interested in history and families in Iron County will be particularly pleased that several books are available in the Iron County Museum gift shop. Among them is the best seller “Frames of the Future” that is being reprinted for the fourth time.
A new book edited by Dr. Hemalate Dandekar of Cal Poly State University is a follow up book of an earlier one and is entitled “Michigan Family Farms” and includes three chapters on Iron County. Highlighted are the farms of Harold and Irene Vuorenmaa located on
Maki Road and the Centennial Farm of Wilburn Olsen located just outside of Gaastra on the
way to Chicagoan Lake. Both owners talked about their arrival from Scandinavian countries, and the problems in developing their property here. Mr. Olsen also describes in great detail the building of the barn that is located on his farm, a building of special architecture that dominates his property.

A new book “Thee, Me and We” has just become available by the Harold Bernhardts, has
much on life and activity in Iron County. It tells of their respective early lives and activities,
their experiences in World War II (Harold’s 3 1/2 years and 8 campaigns and Marcia’s
same period in college), and life in Germany as Dept. Army Civilians teaching and also traveling
in adjoining European Countries for 2 1/2 years. Upon their return to the U.S. and
building their own home, they were employed in local schools, Harold as coach, gym and history teacher and Marcia as an English and also French and history teacher. Involvement in community affairs, the establishment of the Iron County Museum, the guidance of students both recreation and preservation of Museum projects, the development of oral history, interviewing by students, exploring the specifics of community development, publication of several books on such, and study travel tours with students to visit European countries are some of the experiences described. The book also gives detailed chapters on over a dozen of the almost 80 countries around the world in which the couple have traveled

Lee LeBlanc Art Gallery Unveil
With the help of Lee’s daughter Tricia, Joe Voellinger and Jamie Jean, original paintings and prints have been removed from the walls, a fresh coat of paint has been applied, the carpeting has been removed and replaced with another fresh coat of paint and poly and all 200 plus art items have been hung back up. Tricia has also brought in more personal items of Lee’s that we will have on display along with original sketchbooks, slides and a cabinet he used for his storage and paint pallet.
Wine & Cheese Event
The 10th Annual Wine and Cheese Event will be held on July 16, 2015. Attendance is limited form and payment as soon as possible. Reservation fees remain the same again this year at $35/person. This annual event is a joint fundraising activity for the Museum and the Museum Endowment. The evening activities feature a number of wines,some of which are donated, nonalcoholic beverages, hors d’oerves and a silent and live auction.

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