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The village of Calumet, then known as "Red Jacket," [4] was originally settled in 1864, and was incorporated in 1867. Calumet was an offshoot of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, which mined a rich vein of copper running just south of Calumet. From 1868 through 1886, it was the leading copper producer in the United States, and from 1869 ...
Calumet (/ ˌ k æ l j uː ˈ m ɛ t / ⓘ KAL-yoo-MET or locally / ˌ k æ lj ə ˈ m ɛ t / KAL-yə-MET) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The village is located within Calumet Township, Houghton County, and had a population of 621 at the 2020 census.
The Keweenaw National Historical Park is a unit of the U.S. National Park Service, made up of two primary units, the Calumet Unit (roughly covering the Calumet Historic District) and the Quincy Unit (roughly covering the Quincy Mine Historic District), and 16 cooperating "Heritage Sites" located on federal, state, and privately owned land in ...
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Alexander Agassiz, president of Calumet & Hecla until 1910 Calumet and Hecla Mine shaft No. 2, c. 1906. The district is roughly bounded by the Osceola Township line in the south; Osceola, Sixth, and Seventh Streets on the west; Pine, Elm, and Church Streets to the north; and the rear line of the lots east of Calumet Street on the east.
James MacNaughton (March 4, 1864 - May 27, 1949), also variously known as "the King of Houghton County ", the "Czar of the Copper Country " or simply "Big Jim" was an American business executive. He was general manager and the third president of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company , including during the Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914 .
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The Thomas H. Hoatson House (now known as the Laurium Manor Inn) is a house located at 320 Tamarack Street in Laurium, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] At 13,000 square feet (1,200 m 2), it is the largest mansion in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [2]