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John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena is a 4,200-capacity hockey arena in Houghton, Michigan.It is home to the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team. It is named for John J. MacInnes, head coach of the Huskies from 1956 to 1983, who was one of the most successful coaches in the history of college hockey with a record of 555-295-39.
Ransom B. Shelden, Jr. was born on June 10, 1852, the same year his father arrived in Houghton. He was the first child born of a settler in Houghton County. In 1893, Ransom B. Shelden, Jr. purchased several lots on College Avenue from his father's copper company. By 1896, he had built this Queen Anne house for his family. However, the Sheldens ...
In 1974, the City of Houghton signed a 99-year lease for the Dee Stadium from Michigan Tech. [7] In May 1983, the City of Houghton eliminated Dee Stadium from their annual budget due to financial reasons and the recent vandalism at Dee Stadium. [8] The Copper Country Junior Hockey Association (CCJHA) was blamed for the vandalism.
Houghton is a Winter City—a community that accommodates winter, celebrates it, and whose residents generally enjoy the season by participating in a variety of outdoor activities. Among those activities are cross country skiing, snow-shoeing, ice fishing, snowmobiling, ice skating and outdoor ice hockey, among other activities.
Special Events group is in charge of the events that occur during winter carnival. Some events include: snow volleyball, beards competition, broomball, cross-country skiing, curling, downhill skiing, human dogsled race, ice bowling, ice fishing, ice skating, snowboarding, tug-o-war, and the Yooper sprint. This group is responsible for all ...
Ransom B. Shelden Jr. was born on June 10, 1852, the same year his father arrived in Houghton. [3] He was the first child born of a settler in Houghton County [3] Ransom Jr. attended both the Genesee and Mount Pleasant Military Academies in New York, then went to work for his father. [3] He also became a clerk for the Deputy United States ...
Houghton: July 26, 2006: Hancock Town Hall and Fire Hall† 399 Quincy Street Hancock: April 15, 1977: Hoar Family Mausoleum: Forest Hill Cemetery near Michigan Tech campus Portage Township: June 15, 1995: Houghton County Courthouse† 401 East Houghton Street Houghton: July 26, 1974: Houghton Fire Hall: 404 East Montezuma Street Houghton ...
This estate was the birthplace of W.H.L McCourtie, a Somerset Center native who made his fortune in the Texas oil boom. McCourtie returned to Somerset Center in 1922 and built an estate as a social center of the town. Around 1930, McCourtie hired two itinerant Mexican artisans, George Cardoso and Ralph Corona, to build 17 concrete bridges here.