Date and Time
Thursday Oct 5, 2017
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
To be determined
6 pm
Fees/Admission
Admission: a dish to pass
Description
Potluck dinner at 6 pm. Admission: a dish to pass
Antrim County Iron Works
Presenter: Herb Tipton, member of the Mancelona Historical Society.
In 1882, an organization by the name of "John Otis & Company" built a large charcoal furnace in Antrim County. The company also platted a town around the furnace, naming it "Furnaceville." Soon after this, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad built a station of the town. The furnace flourished, and in 1886 a group of businessmen from Grand Rapids bought out the company, and renamed the company Antrim Iron Works and the town Antrim. A large blast furnace and iron works was built on the site and the new company began doing business. Eventually the town name of Antrim was changed to Mancelona.
