The photographs, submitted by Dennis Theisen of Iron Mountain, captures a scene from the early- to mid-1950s of the relocation of the former stable building from the Chippewa Club property to its new home.

At the time, a local mover used a pickup truck to haul the wide structure balanced on a flatbed. The outbuilding made its way from atop of the hill on Carpenter Avenue through downtown Iron Mountain to its new home on Breitung Cutoff Road in Iron Mountain, where it would serve a new purpose.

The Northland Beagle Club had obtained the building to use as its clubhouse, which is still in use today.

Theisen, who is also a Northland Beagle Club member, believes that Pete Vicenzi, a local machine shop business owner, was instrumental in acquiring the former stable.

The Northland Beagle Club acquired the Chippewa Club’s former stable building for its clubhouse, which it still uses today. (Submitted by Dennis Theisen)

“The outbuilding was either donated or sold at a very cheap price to the club,” he added.

The late Carl “Cookie” Krokstrom of Iron Mountain prepared the property by grading a new roadway off Breitung Cutoff Road. Krokstrom was a former road grader and cemetery sexton for the city of Iron Mountain. “Carl was also a Beagle Club member at that time,” Theisen said.

The Northland Beagle Club was formed in 1949 and remains active today.

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“Remember when?” appears every Wednesday in The Daily News. Those with suggestions or historical photographs they would like to submit can email Terri Castelaz at tcastelaz@ironmountaindailynews.com.