🏔️ Gogebic Range

The Gogebic Range is an elongated area of iron ore deposits located within a range of hills in northern Michigan and Wisconsin just south of Lake Superior. It extends from Lake Namakagon in Wisconsin eastward to Lake Gogebic in Michigan, almost 80 miles long and about a half mile wide, forming crescent concave to the southeast. The Gogebic Range includes the communities of Bessemer and Ironwood in Michigan, plus Mellen and Hurley in Wisconsin. The Gogebic Range experienced a speculative iron boom in the mid-1880s and had recurring booms and busts from 1884 to 1967 as demand shifted.