Station: Koss, MI

Koss, in southwest Menominee County, was located on the Wisconsin & Michigan railroad line, just north of the Menominee River and state line. The townsite was settled about 1894 and a lumber and shingle mill was located here on the north side of the river. The village was called Fisher at first, but renamed Koss when the name was unavailable due to another town of the same name in Michigan at the time. The village was devastated by a forest fire on May 14, 1900. [MPN] Further fires occurred in 1902, 1908 and 1930. [Wiki]

Notes

Koss was also known as Fisher, MI.

Time Line

1900. May. A special train was run from Fisher (Koss) today to rescue forest fire victims. The cars were blistered by the intense heat. Traffic north and west of Fisher is suspended and telegraph wires are down. The town was saved yesterday by digging ditches to the windward of the fire and by setting back fires. The fires extend from Fisher north and west 20 miles. No trains have reached Faithorn this week. [DFP-1900-0502]

1903. September 27. Officers yesterday near Koss, Mich. on the Wisconsin & Michigan railway confiscated one of the largest and most complete counterfeit money making outfits ever taken in the country. They also captured the leader and took him to Marquette for trial in the United States court. The den of the counterfeiters was a small shanty on an isolated road, two miles from Koss. heir outfit was a most complete one, and consisted of dies for the manufacture of silver from 10 cents up to a dollar, and gold from $5 to $20. The gang posed as trappers and shipped counterfeit to all parts of the country marked "iron". It was sent from Stephenson, Mich. Officers are still trying to capture other gang members. [DFP-1903-0927]