Author: Lawrence J. MolloyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780979177217
Category : Copper mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
A Guide to Michigan's Historic Keweenaw Copper District
Author: Lawrence J. MolloyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780979177217
Category : Copper mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Exploring Michigan's Historic Copper Country
Author: Celeste HaapalaPublisher: Isle Royale Natural History Association
ISBN: 9780935289176
Category : Copper mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
The Making of a Mining District
Author: David J. KrausePublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814324073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A critical examination of the people and events that led to the gradual recognition of the mining potential of the unique native copper deposits of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, which culminated in the first great mining boom in American history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Beyond the Boundaries
Author: Larry LanktonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199761159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Spanning the years 1840-1875, Beyond the Boundaries focuses on the settlement of Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, telling the story of reluctant pioneers who attempted to establish a decent measure of comfort, control, and security in what was in many ways a hostile environment. Moving beyond the technological history of the period found in his previous book Cradle to the Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines (OUP 1991), Lankton here focuses on the people of this region and how the copper mining affected their daily lives. A truly first-rate social history, Beyond the Boundaries will appeal to historians of the frontier and of Michigan and the Great Lakes region, as well as historians of technology, labor, and everyday life.
From Paternalism to Privatization
Author: Donna ZimmermmanMichigan Copper Mining District Historic Resources Management Plan
Author: Deborah L. Dobson-BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Plan also contains information on: social, geologic and prehistoric history of Keweenaw Peninsula; Copper Trail; chronology of copper boom.
Strangers and Sojourners
Author: Arthur W. ThurnerPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814323960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Arthur Thurner tells of the enormous struggle of the diverse immigrants who built and sustained energetic towns and communities, creating a lively civilization in what was essentially a forest wilderness. Their story is one of incredible economic success and grim tragedy in which mine workers daily risked their lives. By highlighting the roles women, African Americans, and Native Americans played in the growth of the Keweenaw community, Thurner details a neglected and ignored past. The history of Keweenaw Peninsula for the past one hundred and fifty years reflects contemporary American culture--a multicultural, pluralistic, democratic welfare state still undergoing evolution. Strangers and Sojourners, with its integration of social and economic history, for the first time tells the complete story of the people from the Keweenaw Peninsula's Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
The Secret of the Keweenaw
Author: David J. KrausePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copper
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
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Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan
Author: John R. HalseyPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 0915703890
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Isle Royale and the counties that line the northwest coast of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are called Copper Country because of the rich deposits of native copper there. In the nineteenth century, explorers and miners discovered evidence of prehistoric copper mining in this region. They used those “ancient diggings” as a guide to establishing their own, much larger mines, and in the process, destroyed the archaeological record left by the prehistoric miners. Using mining reports, newspaper accounts, personal letters, and other sources, this book reconstructs what these nineteenth-century discoverers found, how they interpreted the material remains of prehistoric activity, and what they did with the stone, wood, and copper tools they found at the prehistoric sites. “This volume represents an exhaustive compilation of the early written and published accounts of mines and mining in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It will prove a valuable resource to current and future scholars. Through these early historic accounts of prospectors and miners, Halsey provides a vivid picture of what once could be seen.” —John M. O’Shea, curator of Great Lakes Archaeology, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Haunted Copper Country
Author: Lisa A. ShielPublisher: Jacobsville Books
ISBN: 1934631493
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
What lurks in the mysterious woods of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula? With a history as deep and rich as the shadows in the forest, the Keweenaw—nicknamed the Copper Country—boasts ample fodder for tales of tortured spirits and playful tricksters. From ghosts of the copper mining industry to kissing specters, Haunted Copper Country whisks you away on a whirlwind tour of this Upper Peninsula treasure. A brief history of each location provides insight into the origins of the haunted tales, many never before published and culled from the author's interviews with witnesses and ghost hunters. Explore the spooky side of the Keweenaw—if you dare.