The city of Grand Marais in Rosebush Township (T. 61N, R. 1E), sections 20 and 21, was incorporated on April 21, 1903, and separated from the township on March 27, 1906. Ed. W. Wakelin purchased the first piece of property on the bay in 1872; by the end of 1873, Wakelin, Henry Mayhew and Samuel F. Howenstein owned all the land comprising the original village and lands along West and East Bays and retained control until the early 1900s in spite of buildings, docks, warehouses, railroad rights-of-way, and ore docks. The Mayhew brothers, Henry and Thomas W., had a store on the point made by the bays that served as a trading post; Joseph E. Mayhew was the first lighthouse keeper in 1886. The post office was established in Superior County, Wis., 1856-57, changed its name to Hiawatha, 1857-58, and became Grand Marais in 1873.