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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]
Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Countryregion. It is the fifth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, with a population of 8,386 at the 2020 census. Houghton is the principal city of the Houghton micropolitan area, which includes all of Houghton and Keweenawcounties.
Michigan Technological University ( Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States, founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [ 4][ 5] Michigan Tech is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High ...
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.
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 ...
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 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]
631695 [1] Mason is a small unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan [1] that is the remainder of past stamp mill operations at the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills. [2] Still standing and mostly occupied are 23 mining company houses, all along M-26. Mason has been dubbed by some locals "shutter town," because each house had its ...