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Alpha
Located in Iron County |
Local History
This iron mining settlement with a station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, in Crystal Falls Township, was in Marquette County until Iron was organized in 1885. Alfred Breitung, of Marquette, opened the Mastodon Mine near here in 1881 and the community was given a post office named Mastodon on October 1, 1883, with Herbert Hughitt as its first postmaster. This post office was closed on December 7, 1888, but the village was given another named Alpha on December 15,1 913, with William H. Peters as its postmaster. Incorporated as the village of Alpha in 1914. See Epsilon for its naming.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.