Title: Beard's Directory and History of Marquette County [Mich.]
Subtitle: With Sketches of the Early History of ..
First published: 1873
Description: Of interest mainly for the essays within it. They are:

“The Early History of Lake Superior. Sketch of the early explorations, with a notice of the missionaries and their labors” by C. I. Walker. Pp 165-200.
” A Sketch of some of the Mines and Furnaces of Lake Superior” anonymous. Pp 201-240.

Appendix: “A Stranger’s Impression of Marquette County”pp I-XIII.
Subjects: Mining, Missionaries, Geography, Directories, Iron mines and mining, Iron industry and trade, History
Places: Lake Superior
Time periods: 17th - 19th century