Preserving and communicating the history
of Cook County since 1924
Cook County Historical Society
Museum Summer Hours:
Monday 1:30 - 4, Tuesday through Saturday 11 - 4
Mayhew Hotel -- c 1890
Museum:
8 South Broadway
Grand Marais, Minnesota
218.387.2883
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115 West Wisconsin St.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
218.387.2314
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About This Photo
Hazel "Henry" Mayhew
Hazel "Henry" Mayhew arrived in Cook County c1870 and is considered the "modern" founder of Grand Marais.
A prospector, business man and political leader he was a very likeable individual known as "grandpa". Henry is holding pigeons. In the late 1890's pigeons were sometimes used for communication on Lake Superior boats, trained to return to their base if released to carry a message of distress.
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Email: history@boreal.orgCook County Historical Society
8 South Broadway
PO BOX 1293
Grand Marais, MN 55604www.cookcountyhistory.org