In broad terms, the history of United States’ Industrial Revolution is divided into two distinct periods. The first period began in the late 18th century with textile manufacturing, and its application of the steam engine. The technologies of both the textile mill, and its use of the steam ...

The Lake Superior copper mine strike that began in July 1913 remains among the most contentious topics in the region to this day, 111 years later. Aspects of the conflict have reached mythological proportions. Yet, it was not the only labor conflict in the country, or Michigan for that matter, ...

Frederick Winslow Taylor, an engineer from Philadelphia, devised what he called a Time and Motion Study. His idea was to conduct studies on the exact motions required by someone to complete a task. Then, the motions were studied to determine ways to improve upon them in order to increase their ...

Alas, it’s nearly that time of the year. Spring is around the bend. Summer 2024 is almost upon us. Time for ice cream, local fudge, friends and family reunions. Fill up the tank and hit the road. From M26 to Chassell, Calumet to Copper Harbor, to Houghton, Hancock and all the other smaller ...

The first fraternities to arrive on American campuses occurred in 1825 – a fact that was to change my academic life by opening up a whole new outlook on the debate between joining a fraternal group or remaining forever a “GDI” (gosh-darned independent). As a neophyte on a campus in the ...

By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the Lake Superior copper region had reached maturity and was, in fact, in the early stage of decline. The oldest operating mines in the region, the Quincy and the Calumet and Hecla, were already thousands of feet deep. C&H’s geology ...