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Attractions: History

From the ancient miners to the copper boom 150 years ago, the Keweenaw Peninsula is rich in history. View some of the Keweenaw's mining history at [link:http://www.keweenawvideo.com/pc/0224/index.html,text=Pasty.com]

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	Copper Country Trail The Copper Country Trail is a National Scenic Byway and Michigan Heritage Route that follows the path of our prehistoric ancestors, captures the story of immigration in America, and tells of fabulous riches won and lost. Copper mines, ghost towns, rare flora and historic and cultural icons are readily found in this region of unique geologic history that is home to the Keweenaw National Historic Park. For specific information and driving tours, please visit the website.
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	Calumet Theatre Address: 340 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913 Phone: 906-337-2610, 906-337-2166 When: Guided 45 minute tours June 19 through September 29, daily 11 am to 2 pm. Self-guided tours are available year round. When its doors opened in 1900, the Calumet Opera House became one of the finest municipal theatres in America. Many famous traveling drama companies and musicians,...
	Coppertown USA Mining Museum Address: 25815 Red Jacket Road, Calumet, MI 49913 Phone: 906-337-4354 When: Open June - September. An introduction to the fascinating story of the Copper Country & America's first mining boom. The Mining Museum is merely an introduction to the fascinating story of the Copper Country and America's first real mining boom. Since your museum visit will...
	Italian Hall Memorial Park Address: 401 Seventh Street, Calumet, MI 49913 This was the sight of a disaster on Christmas Eve, 1913. Seventy-three people, over half of whom were children, suffocated while attempting to escape from a false-fire alarm during a bitter strike that idled 15,000 workers in the Copper Country. This park is dedicated to the memory of those who perished here.
	Keweenaw Heritage Center Address: Corner of Scott & Fifth Streets, Calumet, MI 49913 When: Open daily 1 pm to 4:30 pm from July 1 to August 31. Housed in the historic St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, the Heritage Center works to preserve and interpret the culture and heritage of the Copper Country through exhibits, educational programs and the rehabilitation of a National Historic Landmark structure. Donations appreciated. A Heritage Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park...
	Norwegian Lutheran Church Address: Corner of Elm & 7th Streets, Calumet, MI 49913 When: Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm from June to early October. Currently under restoration, the church was constructed in 1898 to serve an immigrant population that had come to work in the region's copper mines.
	Upper Peninsula Firefighter's Memorial Museum Address: 327 Sixth Street, Calumet, MI 49913 When: Open June through September daily from noon to 3 pm. Housed in the historic Red Jacket Fire Station, this museum features memorabilia and exhibits spanning almost a century of firefighting history. A Heritage Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
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	Central Mine Residential Site Address: US-41, Central, Mohawk, MI 49950 Phone: 906-289-4990 When: The site is open year round. Please respect the privacy of dwelling occupants. The Visitor Center is open early June to mid-October from 10 am to 5 pm. Now a part of the Keweenaw County Historical Society, Central was a mining village of over 1200 people from 1854 to 1898. Many of the residence exteriors have been...
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	Chassell Heritage Center Address: 42373 Hancock Street, P. O. Box 331, Chassell, MI 49916 Phone: 906-523-1155 When: Open Tuesdays from 1 pm to 4 pm and Thursdays from 4 pm to 9 pm in July & August. The Chassell Heritage Center houses the Chassell Township Museum, Friends of Fashion Vintage Clothing Collection and a performace and convocation area. A Heritage Site of...
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	Astor House Museum Address: 562 Gratiot Street, at the Minnetonka Resort, Copper Harbor, MI 49918 Phone: 906-289-4449 When: Open daily June through mid-October from 9 am to 6 pm. A very large collection of antique dolls, toys and Indian artifacts. Other local collections include rock & mineral specimens, mining memorabilia, shipwreck items, bottles & insulators, tools & lanterns.
	Ft. Wilkins Historic Site Address: US-41, Copper Harbor, MI 49918 Phone: 906-289-4219 When: The fort is open from 8 am to dusk daily, mid-May to mid-October. Built in 1844 on the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior, Ft Wilkins is a well-preserved example of mid-19th century army life on the northern frontier. Today, through exhibits, audio-visual programs and living history interpretation, visitors may explore...
	Our Lady of the Pines Church Address: First Street, Copper Harbor, MI 49918 When: Open daily from mid-June through September. A unique, secluded church made entirely of pine logs. The candlesticks & baptismal font are handcreafted from local pine.
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	Delaware Copper Mine Address: 7804 Delaware Mine Road, Delaware, MI 49950 Phone: 906-289-4688, Fax 906-289-4688 When: Open mid-May to mid-October. Self-guided tours daily 10 am to 5 pm in May, June, September & October; 10 am to 6 pm in July & August. Operating from 1847 until 1887, this authentic, historic mine offers a walking tour that takes you 100 feet below ground to explore one of the earliest mines to operate...
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	Eagle Harbor Light Station Museum Complex Address: 670 Lighthouse Road, Eagle Harbor, MI 49950 Phone: 906-289-4990 When: Open daily noon - 5 pm in June & September, 10 am - 5 pm July & August. Open June 6 through October 17. Besides the 1871 lighthouse itself, there are 3 museums on site: The Maritime Museum in the old fog signal building, Copper Mining the the garage building near the...
	Holy Redeemer Church Address: Fifth Street, Eagle Harbor, MI 49950 When: Open daily mid-June through September. This is the oldest Catholic church in the Upper Peninsula. It was built in 1852 under the direction of Father Frederic Baraga and is still in use today as a memorial to him.
	Rathbone Schoolhouse Address: 5th & Centre Streets, Eagle Harbor, MI 49950 When: Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm early June through mid-October. Part of the Keweenaw County Historic Society Museum complex, this one room school served the community of Eagle Harbor from 1853 to 1972. It was in this building that Justus H. Rathbone conceived the idea for the ritual of the Knights of Pythias, a secret fraternal society which he founded. It's interior is furnished as it was in its time...
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	Finnish American Heritage Center Address: 435 Quincy Street, Hancock, MI 49930 Phone: 906-487-7437 When: Building and gallery open Monday thru Saturday 8 am to 4 pm; archive and family history center open Tuesday thru Saturday 8 am to 4:30 pm. The Finnish-American Heritage Center & Historical Archive, on the campus of Finlandia University, houses the Finnish-American historical archive, a museum, a theater,...
	Quincy Steam Hoist, Shafthouse & Underground Mine Address: 49750 US Highway 41, Quincy Hill, Hancock, MI 49930 Phone: 906-482-3101 When: Open April 29 through October 30. Summer hours: 9:30 am to 7 pm Monday through Saturday and 12:30 pm to 7 pm Sunday with shorter spring & fall hours. Open Wednesday... A National Historic Landmark District, the Quincy Mine Tours feature the world's largest steam hoist, the #2 shafthouse, scenic cog-rail tram rides and underground mine...
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	A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum Address: Michigan Tech University, 5th floor of the EERC Building, Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-487-2572, Fax 487-3027 When: Open all year Monday through Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm with Saturday and Sunday hours from noon to 4:30 pm July through September. Closed on all National Holidays and... The official mineral museum of the state of Michigan. The museum is world renowned for its collection of Lake Superior copper district minerals and also has many superb...
	Carnegie Cultural Museum Address: 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-482-7140 When: Open year round Tuesday from noon to 7 pm, Thursday from noon to 5 pm and Saturdays from noon to 4 pm. Located in the former Carnegie Library in Houghton, this new museum highlights the long, and rich, history of the Copper Country with historic photos and artifacts.
	Kenner Ruohonen Memorial History Room Address: 700 E. Lakeshoe Drive, at Dee Stadium, Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-482-7760 When: Open year round Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm or by appointment. Photographic historical displays of Houghton/Hancock history are displayed along with history of the birthplace of professional hockey in North America.
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	Houghton County Historical Museum Complex Address: 53150 Highway M-26, Lake Linden, MI 49945 Phone: 906-296-4121, Fax 906-296-8006 When: Open May 30 to September 30 Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4:30 pm, Sunday from noon to 4 pm. This 15 acre campus on the old Calumet & Hecla millsite along the shore of Torch Lake houses the Houghton County Historical Museum and the Copper Country Railroad...
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	George Gipp Memorial Address: Lake Linden Avenue & Tamarack Street, Laurium, MI 49913 George Gipp, Notre Dame's first All-American football player, was born in Laurium in 1895. He died at the age of 25 after a 4-year, 32 game collegiate career in which he scored 83 touchdowns. His deathbed "Win one for the Gipper" speech was made famous by Ronald Reagan in "The Knute Rockne Story". George's home is featured on the Keweenaw National Historical Park's Historical Residential District Walking Tour.
	Laurium Manor Inn Mansion Tours Address: 320 Tamarack Street, Laurium, MI 49913 Phone: 906-337-2549 When: Self-guided tours are available daily from 11 am to 5 pm June 1 through October 15. Call ahead during the off season. This 13,000 square foot, 45 room ante-bellum mansion was built in 1908 for a wealthy copper mine owner at a cost of $50,000. $35,000 in decorations and furnishings were...
	Laurium National Register Historic District Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 2005, the Laurium district encompasses roughly 2872 acres of industrial, social and architectural history. Founded in 1887, the Village of Laurium grew to satisfy the demand for housing that neither the nearby Village of Red Jacket or the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company could adequately supply. The village was a part of the development of the Calumet conglomerate lode, the most important development in U.S. copper mining in the...
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	Bammert Blacksmith Address: M-26, Phoenix, MI 49950 Phone: 906-289-4990 When: Open daily 10 am to 5 pm from early May to mid-October. This shop was built in the 1880's at the Cliff Mine location and moved to Phoenix in about 1906 where it operated until 1940. Owner and blacksmith Amos Bammert built buggies, sleighs and wagon wheels here. Many of his tools of the trade,...
	Phoenix Church Address: US-41, Phoenix, MI 49950 Phone: 906-289-4990 When: Open daily from 10 am to 8 pm early May to mid-October. St. Mar;y's Church was built in 1858 in the mining community of Cliff. In 1899 the church was dismantled and reassembled in Phoenix where it was renamed The Church of the Assumption. Masses were held here until 1957. The church now appears much as it did...
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	Copper Range Historical Society Museum Address: 44 Trimountain Avenue, Main Street, South Range, MI 49965 Phone: 906-482-6125 When: Open from noon to 3 pm Tuesday through Saturday in June and September and Monday through Saturday in July and August. Housed in the former South Range State Bank Building, built in 1900, the museum preserves the historical heritage of the mines and surrounding communities.
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