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Houghton County Memorial Airport - Equipment |
Transportation, Seasons, Winter, |
Houghton County Airport's new crash-fire rescue vehicle - one of two of its kind in North America - has been passing its test runs this week with flying colors. The $99,000 machine, a part of the airport reconstruction package, is 25 feet long and 10 feet wide. An all-terrain vehicle, it can ford a three-foot deep swamp, scurry up and down hills, over snow and across frozen ponds, as it did during a trial run. The turret nozzle mounted on top of the vehicle can be operated either from within the cab or from the roof of the vehicle. The second crash-fire rescue vehicle being checked out at the airport will be shipped to Delta County later this week. [The tank-like vehicle is pictured climbing up a snow bank.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Copper Country - Strikes |
Labor Movements, Labor Unions, Persons, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Stores, Retail |
Employees of Retail Store Employees Union Local 214 AFL-CIO, are picketing Fraki's Markets of Ontonagon, L'Anse and Calumet after five months of fruitless bargaining, workers said. Employees chose the union as their collective bargaining representative in December 1971. Contract issues are a Union shop, union pension and union health and welfare for workers and families. [Some of the employees picket in front of Fraki's store.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Copper Country - Strikes |
Labor Movements, Labor Unions, Persons, Buildings, Commercial Buildings |
Strikers continue to picket the Upper Peninsula Power Company offices on Sixth Street in Calumet as the work stoppage by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Locals 510 and 979, moves into its third day. The contract expired Saturday at midnight; negotiations broke off at that time. There are now picketers on both of Calumet's main downtown streets. [Union workers picket the UPPCO offices.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Cities and Towns - Sidnaw |
Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Brotherhoods, Monasticism and Religious Orders, |
Part of the plant of the Wood Development Corporation's operations near Sidnaw is shown. The property of William Hutula of Covington, the site is just outside Sidnaw where the Milwaukee Road and Soo Lines junction. The location originally was a CCC camp and then the Army used it to detain German prisoners. It is understood that the Hutula interest arranged trades of land with the Forest Service to acquire the property which is off the old road south of the current new stretch west of Sidnaw. The plant has dry kiln which is given considerable commercial use. [Exterior view of the plant.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Churches - Mohawk |
Buildings, Church Buildings, , |
The history of the old church dates back to the year 1905 when the Mohawk Mining Company began operations. The first services were conducted in the church Feb. 12, 1905. In 1898 a number of English families from Central Mine Location moved to Fulton Location and occupied the little log houses formerly used by lumbermen working for Ernest Bollman. Mohawk Methodist Church has about 85 members and 25 children in its Sunday School. [Exterior view of the building.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Buildings - Haight Hall |
Buildings, Public Buildings, , |
Haight Hall is located in Paulding some five or six miles south of Bruce Crossing. The area is a former great timber producing country. Haight Township has about 352 inhabitants with Paulding being the largest village with a population of about 250. [Exterior view of the building with a lower wrap-around porch and a upper porch as well.] Scanned: January 29, 2009 |
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Parades |
Manners and Customs, Transportation, Railroads, |
Baraga is fast achieving a distinction which traditionally belongs to Ontonagon, the use of locomotives and railway cars in parades. Featured here is the BP and O, a glorious caboose which appears more like a sedate club of the Soo Line Organization. It was one of the more glorious items in the parade which began in Baraga on the 4th. [View of the railroad car turned into a motorized parade vehicle.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Cities and Towns - Houghton |
Historic Sites, Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Buildings |
Changing a historic site. This is the scene which presented itself on Shelden Avenue near the Franklin Square area. The location is East Shelden where it converges on College Avenue. In days gone by it was a popular thoroughfare going back to 1860, the year the Portage Channel formally opened and caused the moving of Joseph Croze to the Houghton area. He established a boat building, boat repairing and drydock business in the Houghton area and thus promoted industry in the town. He supplied the Isle Royale Mine with coal but now the site is being arranged for the building of the Kwik Stop restaurant. Gundlach has the contract for clearing the site and his trucks were working at the time of the photo. [View of the construction area showing some of the buildings and businesses across from the site.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Businesses - Calumet - The Dragon |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Villages, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Restaurants, |
Oriental foods are the specialty at the Dragon, a new restaurant opening in downtown Calumet. It will be operated with the help of a Vietnamese refugee family that arrived in the area this spring. The Dragon is located at 323 Fifth Street. [Sidewalk view of the new business.] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |
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Cities and Towns - Calumet Centennial |
Human Settlements, Cities and Towns, Villages, , |
Calumet Village Centennial Commemorative Coins. [Examples of the coins available as souvenirs in antique bronze and silver depicting the 100 year anniversary (1875-1975) of Calumet "The Heart of the Keweenaw Peninsula".] Scanned: January 28, 2009 |