Alger County, Michigan
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Alger County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,842. It is the state's second-largest county by area, including the waters of
Lake Superior from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Alger County Courthouse Complex in Munising
Russell A. Alger
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Russell Alexander Alger was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. Impoverished as a child, Alger accumulated weal
Alger County, Michigan
…the Hiawatha National Forest. Alger County was detached from Schoolcraft County, set off and organized in 1885. The county was named for lumber baron Russell Alexander Alger, who was elected as a Michigan Governor, and US Senator, and appointed as US Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presidential administration…
Russell Alexander Alger by The Detroit Publishing Co. retouched from older copy
Alger in 1900, in a portrait by Percy Ives
Alger as Secretary of War reviewing returning Spanish-American soldiers in 1898 at Camp Wikoff, New York