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The Mining Gazette was founded in Ontonagon, Michigan in July 1858 by George Emerson. In 1860, the paper was purchased by James R. Devereau and moved to Houghton, where it was published weekly as The Portage Lake Mining Gazette. The paper began daily publication on 14 September 1899. [3]
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 party.
The Daily Mining Gazette (formerly The Mining Gazette) [42] is a daily newspaper published in Houghton. The town is sometimes referred to by locals as "Hoton" or "Ho-town." "Hoton" is even stenciled on city property.
The Daily Mining Gazette - Houghton; Michigan Tech Lode - Houghton Michigan Technological University; Houghton Lake Resorter - Houghton Lake; Roscommon County Herald-News - Houghton Lake; Livingston County Daily Press & Argus - Howell; The Livonia Observer, Livonia, Michigan, ceased printing in December 2022, but an online edition persists. [9]
Dee Stadium. Coordinates: 47°7′22.46″N 88°33′53.91″W. Dee Stadium in January 2012. Dee Stadium, also called The Dee, is an ice hockey arena in Houghton, Michigan, that replaced, and is located on the same site as, the Amphidrome. It is regarded as the birthplace of professional hockey, and is the seventh oldest indoor ice rink in the ...
Houghton County, Michigan. / 46.98°N 88.65°W / 46.98; -88.65. Old specimen of native copper from Houghton County. Houghton County hosted a major copper-mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Houghton County ( / ˈhoʊtən /; HOH-tən) is a county in the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Location. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge[ 3]) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.
The result was a sludge that was forty percent copper or more. This was then sent by locomotive to Michigan Smelter, near Houghton, from which the copper was made into ingots and shipped to the world. Much of Freda’s fundamental character and identity were lost with the closing of the mill. The last whistle blew on November 4, 1967. [8]