Keweenaw County

Author : Jennifer Billock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439645132
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keweenaw County written by Jennifer Billock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the largest Michigan county with land and water combined, Keweenaw County is also the most sparsely populatedat least during the vicious winters. The population blooms in the summertime when seasonal residents come in droves to enjoy their little slice of heaven. The county was formed in 1861 as an offshoot of Houghton County and now encompasses the top half of the Keweenaw Peninsula, where Michigans Upper Peninsula juts north into Lake Superior. Throughout the 1800s, the area was at the center of the copper mining boom, spurring construction of Fort Wilkins in Copper Harbor. The military outpost served to keep order among miners and the areas native inhabitants, the Ojibwa. Moving through time, Keweenaw County would also serve as a hub for the maritime, fishing, and lumbering industries before becoming the resort community it is today.

Author : Jennifer Billock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467111236
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keweenaw County written by Jennifer Billock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the largest Michigan county with land and water combined, Keweenaw County is also the most sparsely populated--at least during the vicious winters. The population blooms in the summertime when seasonal residents come in droves to enjoy their little slice of heaven. The county was formed in 1861 as an offshoot of Houghton County and now encompasses the top half of the Keweenaw Peninsula, where Michigan's Upper Peninsula juts north into Lake Superior. Throughout the 1800s, the area was at the center of the copper mining boom, spurring construction of Fort Wilkins in Copper Harbor. The military outpost served to keep order among miners and the area's native inhabitants, the Ojibwa. Moving through time, Keweenaw County would also serve as a hub for the maritime, fishing, and lumbering industries before becoming the resort community it is today.

Author : Arthur W. Thurner
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814323960
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strangers and Sojourners written by Arthur W. Thurner and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Profile of Keweenaw County, Michigan written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-10 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence J. Molloy
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ISBN 13 : 9780979177217
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Michigan's Historic Keweenaw Copper District written by Lawrence J. Molloy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Park Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keweenaw National Historical Park, Michigan written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alvah Littlefield Sawyer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People written by Alvah Littlefield Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Study of Alternatives written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Parke, Davis & Company. Research Laboratory
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Papers from the Research Laboratory, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich written by Parke, Davis & Company. Research Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clarence J. Monette
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Keweenaw Central Railroad and the Crestview Resort written by Clarence J. Monette and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: