The morning was nearly pitch black as we got outside to head to school. It was normal for it to be dark as we had the early bus arrival. It was fall. In the distance it sounded as if the bus was on the way. We could hear the motor of the bus as it was a distinct sound. We all begin to hustle to ...

In 1929, the Report of the Directors of the Quincy Mining Company boasted that production of 4 and a half million pounds of copper had been sold at an average price of just under 19 cents per pound. Most of the copper had come from development operations. The copper mining industry boomed after ...

While the Copper Country continued to see expansion in the timber and lumber industry, as well as in agriculture, copper mining continued its slow decline, particularly the Calumet and Hecla company. By 1922, its deepest shaft, the Calumet No. 4, had reached a depth of 9,070 feet, while the ...

The Copper Country beaches were incredibly well visited this month with a huge crowd of visitors at nearly every beach around — especially with temperatures soaring in the high 70s and beyond. Our locals and tourists from across the whole country were all soaking in the last of summer fun; as ...

In just a half century, the Ontonagon mining district had transitioned from a frontier with no interior roads, to a major copper producer, to a major employer of forest products. The Ontonagon Lumber Company, a joint venture between three brothers from Wisconsin and a group of lumber barons ...

As the 19th century evolved, so too did manufacturing and industry. The rise of factories in the Midwest expanded towns and cities almost exponentially. Between 1880 and 1900, cities in the United States grew at a dramatic rate, states the Library of Congress U.S. History Primary Source ...