Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
FROM LEFT, Wakefield City Manager Richard Brackney; Kim Kolesar, secretary of the former Western Upper Peninsula Trail Assocation; and Wakefield Township Supervisor John Cox pose next to a new kiosk across from the Wakefield Fire Hall near a trail connecting Wakefield and Marenisco.
By P.J. GLISSON
Editor's note: The following story is the first of a three-part series.
WAKEFIELD - Many people may drive by the Wakefield Fire Hall on the city's main street without paying attention to the unpaved trail emerging from the brush on the other side of the road.
The surrounding site is undeveloped and unadorned, so busy drivers may not realize that the unnamed, eastbound trail can take them on a 16-mile journey to Marenisco.
As of this past summer, however, a new kiosk helps to mark the trailhead, thanks to funds donated from the now defunct Western Upper P...
