Porter House Hotel

In April 1902, Charles Doane began building his hotel, the Porter House, pictured here, to accommodate fishermen and hunters who came to the Floodwood area in northern Dickinson County in search of fish and game. By the summer of 1904, Doane was busy meeting the needs of many tourists from southern Wisconsin and Illinois who came to camp in the Floodwood area for weeks at a time. [Hazel (DeGayner) Dault], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: In April 1902, Charles Doane began building his hotel, the Porter House, pictured here, to accommodate fishermen and hunters who came to the Floodwood area in northern Dickinson County in search of fish and game. By the summer of 1904, Doane was busy meeting the needs of many tourists from southern Wisconsin and Illinois who came to camp in the Floodwood area for weeks at a time. [Hazel (DeGayner) Dault]
Subject(s): Hotels
Dickinson County (Mich.)
Date Created: 1900 (approximate)
Title: Porter House Hotel.
Name(s): Dickinson County Library, contributor
Cummings, William John, contributor
Dault, Hazel (DeGayner), contributor
Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1900 (approximate)
Physical Form: photographs
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: In April 1902, Charles Doane began building his hotel, the Porter House, pictured here, to accommodate fishermen and hunters who came to the Floodwood area in northern Dickinson County in search of fish and game. By the summer of 1904, Doane was busy meeting the needs of many tourists from southern Wisconsin and Illinois who came to camp in the Floodwood area for weeks at a time. [Hazel (DeGayner) Dault]
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Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Subject(s): Hotels
Dickinson County (Mich.)
Held by: Dickinson County Library
Restrictions on Access: No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005
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