Born: 04/05/1940   Ishpeming , MI
Parents: NA
Spouse: Ethel J. Dobson
Children: Dale and Eric
Address(es):
Permanent :
Teal Lake Estates: 224 Shoreline Drive
Negaunee , MI 49866

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	We're going to the 1845 Jackson Mine Negaunee Michigan	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Michigan : Dobson Publications	2013
	We're going to the 1845 Jackson Mine Negaunee Michigan	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2012
	It was an underground iron ore mine : Ishpeming's Salisbury Mine	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2009
	The city built at the shiny mountain : Negaunee, Michigan, 1844 to 1930	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2009 -2010
	Salisbury Mine Maps of Surface and Underground Workings - Local History	Non Fiction		Self Published	2008
	The Plank Road and the First Railroad from Marquette, Michigan to Negaunee and Ishpeming - Local History	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2007
	Dobson's Iron Ore newspaper notes [electronic resource] : 1867 to 1920 - Ishpeming & area - 1 CD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in.	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, MI : Dobson Publications	2006
	Growing Up in the Salisbury Location : 1940's and 1950's, Ishpeming, Michigan - Local History	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2006
	The Early History of a Mining Town : Ishpeming, Michigan, 1852-1920 - Local History	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : R.D. Dobson	2005
	Ishpeming's Mr.Finn - Local History	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2004
	Ishpeming's Salisbury Mine - Local history	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2004
	The Railroad that Never Ran - Local History	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2004
	Ishpeming's Will Bradley - Local history	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Negaunee, Mich. : Dobson Publications	2003

What is the aim or goal of your writing: I write because I love local history. I have been successful because people enjoy reading what I write and tourists enjoy learning about our mining towns. I not only do the history, but walk the areas I write about and tell where to find them, and show photos of them today.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

I am very happy to do presentations, and have done several on my book, The Railroad That Never Ran, which I do with powerpoint and projector.

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/adobson%2C+r/adobson+r/1%2C22%2C119%2CB/exact&FF=adobson+robert+d&1%2C14%2C/indexsort=-

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