Campbell & Wilkinson: Marquette's Land Office and Banks

For several critical years, Campbell and Wilkinson ran the United States General Land Office in Marquette. This was the only office for federal land purchases throughout the entire Upper Peninsula. Considering that Ambrose Campbell’s brother Alexander ran the office before Ambrose, the three men had control of federal land sales for most of the period between 1861 and and 1880, with Wilkinson continuing beyond that time.