SOURCE: History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers.
Collection: Michigan County Histories Pages 504

ELISHA JUNEAU, liquor dealer, was born in Montreal, Canada, January 26, 1842; came to Marquette, Mich., at the age of thirteen; worked in mines and kept hotel at various times and places until 1879, when he came to Florence and built the Juneau Opera House; has done a large amount of exploring, and located large extent of mineral lands.