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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 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 ...
Metro Community Newspapers, Livonia [citation needed] Michigan Journal (1854–1868) Detroit "the first German newspaper in Detroit, that was founded in 1854 by two brothers: August and Conrad Marxhausen." [43] The Michigan Tradesman, Petoskey [citation needed] The Nordamerikanische Wochen Post (1980–2022) Warren [43]
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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 .
The Calumet Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that encompasses most of the village of Calumet, Michigan. The district was designated in 1989 for the community's importance in the history of the region's copper mining industry.
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 ...
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]