Keweenaw National Historical Park is part of the U.S. National Park Service. It was created in 1992 to honor the history and people of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Michigan Technological University, also known as Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech, is a public university that does research. It is located in Houghton, Michigan, United States. The university was started in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, which was the first college in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Torch Lake is a lake covering about 2,700 acres (11 square kilometers) and is mostly located in Torch Lake Township, with parts in Osceola and Schoolcraft townships in Houghton County, Michigan. The lake is supplied by the Traprock River. The village of Lake Linden, at the northern end of the lake, once had the largest copper mill in North America.
The Osceola Mine was a copper mine with 11 shafts located in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan. In 1895, the mine was the site of the deadliest mine disaster in the Copper Country.
The Central Mine Historic District is a historic area near US 41 in Upper Michigan. The mine was named a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958. The surrounding district was named a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The Copper Country strike of 1913–1914 was an important labor strike that involved all copper mines in the Copper Country of Michigan. The strike, organized by the Western Federation of Miners, was the first strike led by a union in the Copper Country. Workers aimed to get shorter workdays, higher pay, recognition for their union, and to keep families working together in the mines.
The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was an important copper-mining company located in Michigan’s Copper Country. From 1869 until 1909, the company paid money to shareholders amounting to $110,550,000.
The Old Copper complex, also known as the Old Copper culture, is an ancient culture from the early period of North America’s Great Lakes region. Artifacts found at these sites have been dated to between 6500 and 1580 BCE. This culture is known for creating many copper items, such as tools, weapons, and decorative objects.
In Michigan, copper mining became an important industry during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This growth began the development of copper mining as a major industry in the United States.
The Erie, also called the Eriehronon, Ehriehronnons, Eriechronon, or La Nation du Chat, were Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands who lived in the lower Great Lakes region until the mid-1600s. As an Iroquoian group, they shared similar cultural practices with neighboring peoples such as the Neutral, Wendat (Huron), and Seneca. Their territory was located southeast of Lake Erie in an area that is now western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.