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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 Calumet Theatre is the oldest municipally-built and owned opera house in the United States, is a symbol of both the village of Calumet and the historic Calumet area itself. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 8 ] [ 12 ] [ 15 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ]
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 ...
MacNaughton was born in Bruce Mines, Canada West on March 4, 1864. His father brought his family to Calumet after he found employment with the Calumet & Hecla. In 1876 and aged 12, MacNaughton followed his father's footsteps by becoming Hecla's water boy in Hubbell, Michigan.
The Calumet Historic District covers most, but not all, of the village of Calumet, Michigan, as well as surrounding residential and industrial areas. The district is significant because of the simultaneous existence of major components of the Michigan copper industry: mining and mining technology, immigration and ethnic settlement, paternalism ...
The Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States.. Seventy-three people – mostly striking mine workers and their families – were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas
Anna "Big Annie" Klobuchar Clemenc [a] (March 2, 1888 – July 27, 1956; pronounced "Clements" [4]) was an American labor activist.Born in Calumet, Michigan, she founded and served as president of the local Women's Auxiliary No. 15 of the Western Federation of Miners and was an active participant in the Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914.
Laurium (/ ˈ l ɔː r i ə m /; LAW-ri-um or / ˈ l eɪ r i ə m / LAIR-i-um) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 1,977 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly surrounded by Calumet Township, with a small portion bordering Schoolcraft ...