SAULT STE. MARIE MEMORIES
Chippewa County MI
Soo Mi 1910 from the Government Locks - Contributed by Paul Petosky
Hotel Iroquois featured on the right
The SAGE building of the Sault Ste. Marie Air Defense sector at K.I. Sawyer,
manned by Canadian and American Airmen, serves as the Upper Peninsula's "nerve center" for Norad's vast
radar coverage of the Northern American Continent. (1950s)
Contributed by Paul Petosky
Leon A. Deglman Hotels
Park Hotel & Ojibway Hotel,
Sault Ste. Marie, MI (1940s)
Contributed by Paul Petosky
Contibuted by Paul Petosky
Origin: John B. Morlett, Sault St. Marie, MI. / Destination: Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, Sec. of War, Washington, D.C.
Dates: Letter: Nov 26, 1847 / Postmark: November 26, 1847 / Washington: December 8, 1847
To raise a Regt. of Mtd. Rifleman (HalfBreed) / M 413 Receive (?) 7:47 / Civilian M.B. 28 N '47 / Dec 8 '4'7
Contibuted by Paul Petosky
Registered Receipt Card postmarked on arrival at Saut de St. Marie, MI Post Office on October 10, 1888.
Was received/signed by Louis P. Trempe, postmaster (served at the Soo from July 3, 1886 to December 1, 1889).
It was sent from the Whitefish Point, MI Post Office October 7, 1888. It was signed by John Clarke, postmaster (Paul's great grand uncle), postmaster at Whitefish Point from May 2, 1883 to January 24, 1893).
General View of Sault Ste. Marie, MI from the Soo Locks,
showing Ojibway Hotel and Annex in Foreground 1940'2. Contributed by Paul Petosky
Fountain in Government Park 1948
Freighter entering Davis Lock Contributed by Paul Petosky
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