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Amasa
Located in Iron County |
Local History
Iron ore croppings were first discovered here along the shore of the Hemlock River by Matthew Gibson and his son J. Thoburn Gibson in 1888. When sufficient ore had been uncovered, the property was taken over by the Hemlock River Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Pickands, Mather company. The village which they platted in October 1890, west of the workings, was first named Hemlock, but it was soon renamed for the father-in-law of Col. Henry S. Pickands, Amasa Stone Mather. A station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.