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One of the more important locations is the setting of the Wisconsin/Michigan Boundary of 1840 by Captain Cram. Captain Cram, of the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, conducted a survey of what he thought would be fit for the boundaries of Michigan. But the actual survey was conducted in 1847 by Wm. Austin Burt. Some exact words from his notes are, "In pursuance of a contract dated 27th April and your instructions of the 1st of May last, I have surveyed marked and established so much of the Boundary line between Michigan and Wisconsin as lies between the source of the Brule River and the source of the Montreal River." With these words Austin Burt set the history of Iron County and of Michigan.
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