ISHPEMING

city, Marquette county, northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S., in the Marquette Iron Range, 12 mi (19 km) southwest of Marquette. Founded in 1844 as a centre for iron-mining activities, its name is Indian for high grounds. Since the 1880s Ishpeming has been a popular ski resort. The mining of iron ore, the manufacture of explosives, lumbering, marble quarrying, and winter sports are economically important. The National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum is in Ishpeming, and an international ski tournament is held annually. Nearby are Van Riper State Park and Mud Lake, where Lewis H. Morgan collected data for his book, The American Beaver and Its Works (1868). Inc. village, 1871; city, 1873. Pop. (1990) 7,200.