Several labor organizations had attempted recruiting Lake Superior copper district mine workers over the latter decades of the 19th century. Some of them were even successful in initiating strikes and walkouts. The strikes were localized, however, because the unions were not strong enough to ...

HANCOCK — Agriculture and food production has been gradually increasing in the western Upper Peninsula for more than a decade. There are many programs and services available to both established food growers and people who want to become commercial growers. Among the organizations dedicated ...

The first farming efforts in the western Upper Peninsula were begun among the Native Americans by missionaries before the Treaty of La Pointe opened the region to mining and development in 1843. At that time, there were two vessels plying Lake Superior, a brig, the John Jacob Astor, owned by ...

Food production is becoming a significant contributor to the economy of the Western Upper Peninsula. But food production is not new to the region and in fact, commercial farming began before copper and iron mining did. Historical record indicates that farming began among the Ojibwa in the ...

It is a common practice with historians focusing on particular regions to isolate them for the sake of study or focus. In many instances, this is important to understanding that particular region and its development. In others, it can be counterproductive, because the relationship between that ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring on an overcast Friday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania, the scene of the largest and best-known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States. The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers, ...