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Logging

Seasons, Winter, Forest Products Industry, Lumbering, Logging, Log Transportation, Four team loads of wood back of Swedetown. [Teams of horses pull loads of wood through the snow.]

Scanned: February 11, 2010


Cities and Towns - Houghton - Street Scenes

Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings, Transportation View from Houghton Masonic Temple - Houghton, Shelden Street - Douglass House Hotel. [Excellent photo showing the Houghton County Courthouse, a good stretch of Shelden Avenue lined with vintage automobiles and trolley tracks. A brief glimpse of the bridge is also visible.]

Scanned: April 15, 2008


Houghton Amphidrome

Buildings, Sport Facilities, Arenas, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Views from Houghton Masonic Temple - Houghton Amphidrome - 4/10/1920. [A spring photo of the Houghton Amphidrome. A number of waterfront buildings are in the foreground and a portion of the Quincy smelter, coal docks and the Ripley school can be seen across the Portage.]

Scanned: September 23, 2005


Disasters - Dam Wash Outs

Buildings, Railroads, Cars, Water #4 N.K. after the big rain storm, dam washed out #3 & 4 Ahmeek [Overturned Mineral Range railroad cars and uprooted rail tracks are shown.]

Scanned: March 27, 2008


Disasters - Dam Wash Outs

Buildings, Railroads, Cars, Water #4 N.K. after the big rain storm, dam washed out #3 & 4 Ahmeek [Overturned Mineral Range railroad cars and uprooted rail tracks are shown.]

Scanned: March 27, 2008


Union Coal Dock

Buildings, , Union Coal Dock (Tamarack Osceola) [Image of piles of coal and related structures.]

Scanned: February 12, 2010


Union Coal Dock

Buildings, , Union Coal Dock (Tamarack Osceola) [Image of structures and dock.]

Scanned: February 12, 2010


Log Shanty

Buildings, Persons, Woody Plants, Trees Old Log Shanty at Copper Harbor. Jud North claims this house was built about 1843 [A barely visible man inspects the remains of the dwelling.]

Scanned: February 12, 2010


Log Shanty

Buildings, Woody Plants, Trees, Old Log Shanty at Copper Harbor. Jud North claims this house was built about 1843 [View of what was probably the foundation of the structure.]

Scanned: February 12, 2010


Cliff Bluff & Mine

Metal Trade, Copper Industry and Trade, Copper Mines and Mining, Buildings, Historic Sites, Historic Mines Cliff Bluff & Mine [An overview shot of the Cliff Mine showing a shafthouse, poor rock piles, and several other structures.]

Scanned: August 23, 2006