“Looking at the rain, feeling the pain of love lost running through my brain.” – Gordon Lightfoot I sat in the house in the big chair in the living room. Furniture manufacturers and salespeople call it a “cuddler,” because of its spacious ability to seat two people close ...

Last week, we met Orrin W. Robinson, who described the terrible conditions of roads and travel from the mouth of the Ontonagon River to the Derby Mine in 1854. He was not the first traveler to record his experiences in the region. Eight years earlier, in 1846, another adventurer, named Andrew ...

How about something to remove you from the ugly daily news – nothing to remind you of all the ills and ails we’re plagued with today, and, instead, a recollection of what a great time it was when we were pleasantly entertained by kids in the “Good Ole Days.” What, for example, have ...

“Let me ride, ride, ride / I got to feel free inside.” – Kevin Cronin I saw some footprints in the snow, where they went, I did not know. I decided I would follow them – up the hill ahead and down the other side. Underneath the mighty maples I proceeded, beneath the more ...

Dear stranger, This is a love letter for a stranger, maybe even you. If you discover it’s not actually for you, please pass it on to someone who needs it. I’m wondering, when was the last time you heard I love you? Was it this morning when you awoke and looked in the mirror? Perhaps you ...

George Henry Thurston published a book in 1857, titled, “Pittsburgh as it is: Or, Facts and Figures, Exhibiting the Past and Present of Pittsburgh; Its Advantages, Resources, Manufactures, and Commerce.” The book is significant to the Lake Superior Copper District, because it states in ...