Beacon Hill Michigan Beacon Hill Postoffice Contributed by Paul Petosky (Website)

Joseph Foshey Postmaster - Beacon Hill Post Office October 15, 1917 to April 15, 1918. Pictured here with his wife, Julia (nee Guilbault). (November, 1933) (Photo courtesy of Jim Kurtti of Houghton) Contributed by Paul Petosky

Postcard addressed to Miss Violet Jenkins, Beacon Hill, MI, from her grandmother. It was postmarked and sent from Hubbell on June 12, 1907 at 3PM, arrived at Houghton and postmarked on June 12 at 3:30PM, then has a receiving postmark at Beacon Hill on June 13 in the PM. This Beacon Hill postmark is a Doane 2/3 postmark and is the Earliest Known Use recorded of this particular type of postmark. (From authors collection). Contributed by Paul Petosky

Last Day of Use Beacon Hill Michigan 30 August 1952 Contributed by Paul Petosky

HISTORY OF THE BEACON HILL, MI POST OFFICE by Paul E. Petosky First of all I would like to thank Jim Kurtti and his family members for supplying me with the many photos and history of this area. Beacon Hill, MI is located in Houghton County, Stanton Township. This settlement was the center of the Trimountain Mining Company with W. J. Uren as superintendent. Beacon Hill was named after the Beacon Hill of Boston, largely financed by Boston capital, which built the Copper Range Mines - including Beacon Hill, etc. Beacon Hill, like Freda and Redridge, were stamp mills for the Champion Mines in Painesdale, Trimountain, etc. The mill in Beacon Hill was the Trimountain Mill. Beacon Hill had a railroad depot on the Copper Range Railroad route. The railroad depot is long gone, along with the company store and post office, which burned in the early 1950s. For the history of the Copper Range Railroad visit their website at http://copperrange.org/Crrr.htm#crcc The Beacon Hill Post Office was established on December 11, 1901 with Nathaniel West as its first postmaster. Postmasters that served at the Beacon Hill, MI Post Office are listed as follows: Nathaniel West..........................December 11, 1901 John R. Bennetts.......................March 30, 1903 Edward F. Winkelmeyer............August 10, 1910 Joseph Foshey.......................... October 15, 1917 James A. Smith......................... April 15, 1918 Einard M. Rissanen....................January 31, 1940 Mrs. Agnes Rissanen................. May 16, 1941 Mrs. Elsie E. Allen......................July 17, 1941 Mrs. Betty L. Faller.....................June 17, 1950 to August 31, 1952 (It is noted that August 31, 1952 was a Sunday), so postmarks with the August 30, 1952 is the official last day postmark). The Beacon Hill Post Office discontinued operation on August 31, 1952; with mail service to Freda.