Sivert Olson 2 - National Parks Gallery
Scott St. Sivert Olson Building St. Anne's and Industrial Core in Background
Richard Chellew 1 - National Parks Gallery
This plan of the Cliff Mine workings in 1854 shows the extent of the mine over ten years before the Chellews arrived.
John Petermann 2 - National Parks Gallery
John Petermann registered for the draft for the U.S. Civil War while living in Ontonagon in 1863.
Miners pose at Quincy Mine around 1870.
Miners pose in this early Quincy Photo. The Rockhouse is in the background.
ancient order of foresters banner
Between each fine stitch, one can find multiple values to this ornately designed banner. The Robin Hood Scene painted on the silk banner was meant to instill moral and social values such as care for the poor, e... More
telegraph sept 19 - National Parks Gallery
Can you hear us now? Dah dah, dit dit. Dah dah, dit dit. The sound of this J.H. Bunnell & Co. telegraph key and sounder was the sound of progress in 19th century communication. Although the sound was not easy t... More
Peter and Anna Maria Dimmer 2 - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
The Dimmer family of Eagle Harbor Township was enumerated in the 1880 United States Census.
swedetown - National Parks Gallery
96 homes once stood in Swedetown Location. Around 1880 through the 1890s, new construction was common in this neighborhood, set on a grid of seven intersecting streets west of Calumet off Osceola Road. These we... More
Shea Livery ghost - National Parks Gallery
Shea's Livery boarded, sold, and rented horses on the east end of Oak Street in Calumet for many years. Irish immigrant and former Houghton County Sheriff Bartholomew Shea founded the company some time around 1... More
Peter LaChapelle 1 - National Parks Gallery
The family's enumeration on the 1880 census indicates that they neighbored the George Jacka and Bartholomew Shea families. These families are known to have resided on the east side of the 300 block of Calumet's... More
Peter LaChapelle 2 - National Parks Gallery
The family's enumeration on the 1880 census indicates that they neighbored the George Jacka and Bartholomew Shea families. These families likely lived on the east 300 block of Fifth Street in Calumet, where the... More
Stella ribbon Keweenaw National Historical Park - Stella ribbon
While parade and funeral ribbons are now a part of Keweenaw National Historical Park's collection, these lodges no longer meet in Calumet's Historic Union Building--now the Calumet Visitor Center. The Hecla Lod... More
Tourist Attraction - Quincy Round House
Wildflowers grow along the ruins of the south wall of the Quincy Roundhouse built in 1889.
tamarack cooperative ghost - National Parks Gallery
The Tamarack Co-operative Association Store on Oak Street just outside of Red Jacket (Calumet) was hailed as the "largest retail outlet north of Milwaukee." Beginning in 1890, the co-op sold goods varying from ... More
Foster-LibCard-#048 (75)--Washington School--ca 1890 current
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Borgo ghost Keweenaw National Historical Park - Borgo ghost
The Borgo Block was built in 1891 on the southeast corner of 5th and Elm Streets in Calumet. Commissioned by Italian immigrant Michael Borgo, a member of Red Jacket's first Village Council in 1875, it accommoda... More
carpenter and supply shop ghost
During a building boom in 1893, the Quincy Mining Company erected a number of structures at both the mine atop Quincy Hill and their mill site on Torch Lake. At the mine, the new construction supported surface ... More
No. 2 Hoist Houses in Fall - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
From left to right this scene includes: the No. 2 Nordberg Hoist House, the 1894 No. 2 Hoist House and the ruins of the No. 5 boiler house
Vertin Brother's Department Store, Keweenaw National Historical Park, ...
The village of Red Jacket was home to immigrants from many countries around the world. In 1891, Slovenian immigrants, John and Joseph Vertin, built and established the Vertin Brother’s Department Store. Known a... More
Grand Theater Keckonens current
James Kirk Paul, an adventurer from Virginia, is considered the founder of the village of Ontonagon. In 1843, he was the first man of European ancestry to permanently establish himself on the east bank of the O... More
rjs current med - National Parks Gallery
James Kirk Paul, an adventurer from Virginia, is considered the founder of the village of Ontonagon. In 1843, he was the first man of European ancestry to permanently establish himself on the east bank of the O... More
Paul House ghost - National Parks Gallery
James Kirk Paul, an adventurer from Virginia, is considered the founder of the village of Ontonagon. In 1843, he was the first man of European ancestry to permanently establish himself on the east bank of the O... More
Grand Theater ghost - National Parks Gallery
This week we are pleased to offer a bonus #MissingintheCopperCountry ! Last week we featured the Grand Theater. Behind the Grand in that photo was a two-story frame structure. That building has a connection to ... More
Keckonen 400 block ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
This week we are pleased to offer a bonus #MissingintheCopperCountry ! Last week we featured the Grand Theater. Behind the Grand in that photo was a two-story frame structure. That building has a connection to ... More
Red Jacket Fire Station - A large brick building with a clock tower
Constructed of Jacobsville sandstone in 1898, the former Red Jacket Fire Station is currently home to the Upper Peninsula Fire Fighters Memorial Museum.
Red Jacket Fire Station - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Constructed of Jacobsville sandstone in 1898, the former Red Jacket Fire Station is currently home to the Upper Peninsula Fire Fighters Memorial Museum.
No. 7 Boilerhouse with No. 2 Shaft-rockhouse
Ruins of the No. 7 Boiler house constructed in 1898.
washboard Aug 8 - National Parks Gallery
Procrastination (the act of avoiding a task that needs to be accomplished) and laundry (clothes or other household linens that need to be washed) are two terms that often go hand in hand. Beware, however, that ... More
Glass Block ghost - National Parks Gallery
Edward Ryan, the "Merchant Prince of the Copper Country," was born in Tipperary, Ireland. He was established in business in Hancock for four years before he built his first store in Red Jacket in 1868. That sto... More
mandolin - National Parks Gallery
A great tool to slice some turnips, this mandolin or slicer was homemade around 1900. With a guide on either side of a toothed steel blade, this wooden slicer kept traditional recipes alive in communities such ... More
Tamarack Hospital - National Parks Gallery
The Tamarack Mining Company built a new two and a half story hospital at their location near Calumet in 1900-01. The ground floor featured locally quarried sandstone, while the upper stories were frame in the Q... More
Ryan Store Ghost - National Parks Gallery
Edward Ryan, the "Merchant Prince of the Copper Country," was born in Tipperary, Ireland. He was established in business in Hancock for four years before he built his first store in Red Jacket in 1868. That sto... More
Calumet Theatre on Sixth Street
The Calumet Theatre, formerly known as the Red Jacket Opera House, was municipally built in 1900. Originally, the theater had 1200 seats on three levels. Next door is Marco Curto's Saloon, today known as Shutes... More
Gately Wiggins Ghost - National Parks Gallery
The John Gately Company (named for its Chicago-based president) had a store dealing in household goods on 5th St. in Red Jacket from the late 1880s. In 1900 a three-story sandstone building was built on 6th Str... More
Original Washington grade school, Keweenaw National Historical Park, 1...
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The Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's
This imposing Gothic Revival church was built of locally quarried Jacobsville sandstone in 1900 for a growing French-Canadian Catholic population. It was deconsecrated in 1966 after the population of Calumet de... More
Calumet Theatre on Sixth Street
The Calumet Theatre, formerly known as the Red Jacket Opera House, was municipally built in 1900. Originally, the theater had 1200 seats on three levels. Next door is Marco Curto's Saloon, today known as Shutes... More
Bollman Petermann house ghost - Victorian era public domain image
Ernst Bollman was a real estate developer in the Calumet area. He commissioned a large commercial block in the Village of Red Jacket and platted and sold lots in three additions to the Village of Laurium. Bollm... More
W 300 6th ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
The John Gately Company (named for its Chicago-based president) had a store dealing in household goods on 5th St. in Red Jacket from the late 1880s. In 1900 a three-story sandstone building was built on 6th Str... More
Glass Block Store ruins ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
Edward Ryan, the "Merchant Prince of the Copper Country," was born in Tipperary, Ireland. He was established in business in Hancock for four years before he built his first store in Red Jacket in 1868. That sto... More
William Cruse 3 - National Parks Gallery
Hancock's Old Protestant Cemetery lies beneath Gloria Dei Lutheran Church at 1000 Quincy St., Hancock. Young Matthew Kneebone was buried here in 1900.
leather traveling case - National Parks Gallery
This #MuseumMonday leather traveling case belonged to James MacNaughton. The latch is engraved with "J.M.N/ TIFFANY & CO/ IRON MOUNTAIN/ MICHIGAN", indicating that it was likely acquired when MacNaughton worked... More
St John the Baptist Catholic Church
The wood-framed St. John the Baptist Catholic Church was built in 1901 by a Croatian congregation. It stood on 7th Street in Calumet until destroyed by fire in 1926. The current brick structure was built to hou... More
Walz Block ghost - National Parks Gallery
Today a garage stands at 416-418 Pine Street in Calumet. If you look closely, sandstone walls reveal a hint of the building's past. In 1902, Finnish immigrant, businesswoman, developer, activist, and publisher ... More
Pomroy--Sacred Heart Golden Jubilee 1918--Sisters' Home and Grade--Con...
When Sacred Heart Catholic Church opened an elementary school in 1891, it included accommodations for the religious sisters who taught there. The School Sisters of Notre Dame first lived in a wood-frame house a... More
1903 Episcopal - National Parks Gallery
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Historic photos of the Children's Reading Room in the Calumet & Hecla ...
These images are from 1903 and 1906 and show interior scenes of the children's reading room in the Calumet & Hecla Public Library
Historic photos of the Children's Reading Room in the Calumet & Hecla ...
These images are from 1903 and 1906 and show interior scenes of the children's reading room in the Calumet & Hecla Public Library
Historic photos of the Children's Reading Room in the Calumet & Hecla ...
These images are from 1903 and 1906 and show interior scenes of the children's reading room in the Calumet & Hecla Public Library
Foster--Album 6--#006--Calumet Foundry--ca
The Calumet & Hecla Mining Company produced metal castings at their foundry in Calumet for their own use, and for jobs from outside companies. At the foundry, wood patterns made next door at the pattern shop (n... More
1903 Episcopal ghost - National Parks Gallery
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MTU image Railroads ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
Most industrial sites aren't used for 73 years without undergoing significant change, and the Quincy Smelting Works was no exception. The Mineral House was built here in 1904 to store mineral (stamped and separ... More
DEtroit Pub - National Parks Gallery
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No 8 ghost - National Parks Gallery
In 1899, the Quincy Mining Company expanded its operations by reopening an abandoned Mesnard mine shaft. Located to the east along the road to Calumet, Quincy renamed the shaft No. 8. and built a dozen new home... More
DEtroit Pub - National Parks Gallery
The Quincy Mining Company's copper concentrate and mass copper were melted down in huge furnaces at this site. Once the copper was melted, the impurities were skimmed off as waste material known as slag. Piles ... More
George Duquette 2 - National Parks Gallery
This building now stands on the lot where George and Alexa Duquette built the Detroit House Hotel in 1881. After it burned in 1887, they rebuilt--this time in brick.
Curto--Album 11--#148--Tamarack Hospital--1906 current
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Curto--Album 11--#148--Tamarack Hospital--1906 ghost
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Edward Wenberg 1 - National Parks Gallery
Edward is likely among the men in this photo of Calumet & Hecla Mining Company's blacksmiths, taken in 1906.
Joseph Cottini 1 - National Parks Gallery
The Cottinis experienced this assimilation, and were quick to show their American pride. One of their sons posed as "Uncle Sam" for this studio portrait, demonstrating their new American identity.
Foster--Album 22--#118--Pewabic and 3rd, Vivian Home and John Duncan S...
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Foster Album 2 #091 Red Jacket Depot, Agassiz Park ghost
In about 1885, the Mineral Range Railroad built this depot to serve the village of Red Jacket, in addition to their depot on Depot Street in Hecla Location. The additional depot was meant to compete with the ne... More
Giuseppe Cottini 3 - National Parks Gallery
Francesca, Giuseppina, Pietro and Leo Cottini arrived in New York aboard the S.S. Lorraine in 1908.
YMCA - National Parks Gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...
This week’s #MuseumMonday belonged to the YMCA of Calumet. Built in 1908 and designed by local architects Charlton & Kuenzli, this three-story, neo-classical eclectic brick building stood on the corner of Fifth... More
Construction of the Quincy #2 Shafthouse
In 1908 Quincy Mine constructed a new modern shaft-rockhouse at the #2 shaft site.
Giuseppe Cottini 3 - National Parks Gallery
Francesca, Giuseppina, Pietro and Leo Cottini arrived in New York aboard the S.S. Lorraine in 1908.
Henry Powers Drugstore Ontonagon
In 1884, Henry Powers partnered with Dr. H.E. Cary to open a drugstore in Ontonagon. By 1887, Powers was the sole proprietor. Powers also served as editor of the Ontonagon Herald for 14 years. After the Ontonag... More
no 4 ghostu - National Parks Gallery
Quincy's No. 4 shaft was taken out of service around 1909, the same time that the No. 9 shaft-rock house began operations. The shaft was closed and its rockhouse taken down, but support facilities, like the boi... More
Independence Day, Keweenaw National Historical Park, 1909.
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Calumet Depot crowd ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...
With a much larger population at the turn of the 20th century, where did everyone in Calumet live? In 1910, the answer for 81 residents--mostly immigrants--was Butler Row. This barn-like structure (behind the d... More
Giuseppe Cottini 1 - National Parks Gallery
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C&H Public Library in Fall - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
The east side of the former Calumet & Hecla Public Library catches the early sun on a Fall morning. The statue in the foreground is of Alexander Agassiz, president of the C&H mining company from 1867 to 1910.
Sprenger-- Sixth--ca - National Parks Gallery
Much of the eastern 400 block of Calumet's Sixth Street has changed dramatically since 1910. That year, this street was populated by many people and businesses, including (ordered left to right in the photo): 4... More
casting sept 26, bronze - coin, public domain photograph
Who are these men? What is this object? Is it a copper coin? All very good questions! An oversized proof of the obverse or front side of a Calumet & Hecla service medal, this piece is made of bronze and depicts... More
KHSC--Keystone--22031--Rescue Crew Near Shaft House--Calumet-Hecla Min...
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Central Hotel CopperDog150 ghost
"Centrally" located at 316 5th Street, the Central Hotel was convenient to Red Jacket's commercial district and the area's mines. Originally built in 1878, the building was first used as a hotel known as the Co... More
Edward Wenberg 2 - National Parks Gallery
Numerous members of the Wenberg family resided at the family home in 1910.
Foster--Lib Card--#291--Bethlehem--ca 1910 ghost
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KHSC--Keystone--22031--Rescue Crew Near Shaft House--Calumet-Hecla Min...
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Copper Range Hotel Ghost - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
What's in a name? This building on the northeast corner of 6th & Elm Streets in Calumet was known at different times as the Auditorium, Annex, Copper Range, and Vairo Hotel. Built ca. 1890 with two floors, a th... More
Giuseppe Cottini 4 - National Parks Gallery
Clipping from the 1910 United States Census record of Houghton County, MI showing the Cottini family and boarders at their home at Quincy Hill's Sing Sing location.
Foster--Lib Card--#291--Bethlehem--ca 1910 current
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Italian Hall Memorial Park - A stone arch in a grassy area with trees ...
The quiet Italian Hall Memorial Park provides tribute to the victims of the tragedy that occured here on December 24, 1913. 74 people, 60 of which were children, died when a false call of "fire" caused a panic ... More
![C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--1913 cited](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzIwMjEvMDIvMDUvY2FuZGgtY2FwZWxsby1zdHJpa2UtYWxidW0tMTgzLXN0cmlrZS1wYXJhZGUtcmVkLWphY2tldC1yb2FkLTE5MTMtY2l0ZWQtYzAxOTM1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--1913 cited")
C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--19...
"Early Parade Finds Militia on the Alert." This August 1913 headline may have described the Copper Country strike parade you see here. The participants are being closely watched by militia: one on horseback in ... More
deputy sheriff badge - National Parks Gallery
As tension in the Copper Country rose leading up to the 1913 strike, Houghton County Sheriff James A. Cruse deputized about 430 men, of which nearly all were mining company employees. Following the striking of ... More
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Foster--C&H--GP--#156--[C&H Mounted Constabulary at Calumet Barn]--191...
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![C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--1913 current](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3Bob3RvLzIwMjEvMDIvMTEvY2FuZGgtY2FwZWxsby1zdHJpa2UtYWxidW0tMTgzLXN0cmlrZS1wYXJhZGUtcmVkLWphY2tldC1yb2FkLTE5MTMtY3VycmVudC1iNGZiYWEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--1913 current")
C&H--Capello--Strike Album--#183--[Strike Parade, Red Jacket Road]--19...
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Italian Hall Memorial Park - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
The quiet Italian Hall Memorial Park provides tribute to the victims of the tragedy that occured here on December 24 1913. 74 people 60 of which were children died when a false call of fire caused a panic and s... More
Images of the Italian Hall site located in Calumet, Michigan
Images of the memorial park at the location of the Italian Hall. One December 24, 1913 approximately 73 people died in a stampede down a steep stairwell after someone yelled fire at a Christmas Eve party held b... More
impressive travel case - National Parks Gallery
John Daniel Buckett was born in Red Jacket in 1913 and worked for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company as a hoist operator. This #MuseumMonday C&H identification badge belonged to John. The pin contains a black... More
Tourist Attraction - Quincy Company House
For over 100 years, this simple, company-built house was a home for a number of employees at the Quincy Mining Company. One resident was Joshua Martin, an English immigrant, who was hired as a laborer by Quincy... More
Italian Hall ghost redo 2016 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
A red sandstone arch punctuates the snow of a small park on 7th Street in Calumet. On this site in 1913, a shout of "FIRE!" caused a panic during a Christmas Eve party at the Italian Hall. The crowd rushed down... More
Annie with daughter Darwina, Keweenaw National Historical Park, 1914.
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Union headquarters in Calumet, Keweenaw National Historical Park, 1914...
Exact date unknown. WFM Headquarters on 6th Street, Calumet, Michigan. 1913-1914.
Sebastian and Margareta Vidosh 1
"John Vidosh Succumbs; was injured in mine."
Chrome Westinghouse turnover toaster
Now sought after as a “vintage” collector's piece, this beautifully designed chrome Westinghouse Turnover Toaster was once sought after as a modern convenience in the kitchen. Manufactured in 1914, the toaster ... More
Patrick 2 - National Parks Gallery
Alexander and Mary Anna's young son Peter died in 1914 during the seven-month U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico. He is buried at Calumet's Lakeview Cemetery.
Chrome Westinghouse turnover toaster
Now sought after as a “vintage” collector's piece, this beautifully designed chrome Westinghouse Turnover Toaster was once sought after as a modern convenience in the kitchen. Manufactured in 1914, the toaster ... More
John Petermann 3 - National Parks Gallery
An obituary for John Petermann from the Keweenaw Miner, Saturday December 26, 1914.
Dusala Bandettini 2 - National Parks Gallery
Members of the Barsotti family pose in their confectionery and fruit store, 1914.