POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Baraga, MI 49908 (Baraga County)
Date of Photo: December 2005
Photographer: Ray Carlson, Tapiola, MI
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: Baraga Township. Originally established as BRISTOL in HOUGHTON COUNTY on June 29, 1869 with Henry Houghton as its first postmaster. Name changed to BARAGA in HOUGHTON COUNTY on May 11, 1870. Discontinued on December 18, 1871 and reestablished on March 26, 1872. Changed to BARAGA COUNTY on February 19, 1875.