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Transportation - Vintage Automobiles |
Transportation, Automotive, Persons, |
Jerry Dion, left, of Lake Linden and Lanny Pirkola of Copper City are among those hoping to organize an antique auto club in the Copper Country. The benefits to the members could include greater ease in obtaining parts, a sharing of knowledge and restoration work bees, whereby "a lot of cars sitting in garages can be made operative again." The vehicles shown are, from left, Dion's 1929 Model A, a 1927 Buick and a 1937 Ford owned by Gary Raisanen of Calumet. [The two men pose with their automobiles.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Fraternities - Sigma Rho |
Societies, Persons, |
Sigma Rho's sign-shadowed frat boys. [Members pose with their dog under the fraternity sign. Please see comment section for futher details.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Accidents |
Accidents, Persons, Transportation, Air Travel |
Houghton County Sheriffs Deputy Mark Peters is shown holding one of the parts of a plane believed to have gone down in Lake Superior in 1968. The Sheriffs Department was out again yesterday afternoon with the aid of Houghton Police Chief Jim Janda and his plane, but found nothing. Plane parts shown are believed to be sections of the rear horizontal stabilizer off a Beechcraft model, the type of plane that three men from the National Center for Atomospheric Research were in on that fateful October 24, 1968 date. [The deputy poses with parts of the missing plane.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Buildings |
Buildings, Transportation, Automotive, |
Formerly this was the office of the Detroit and Lake Superior Smelting Co. Now it is, and has been for a considerable period, the office of the Houghton County Road Commission. [Image of the vine covered building. See comment section for further information.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Buildings - Schools |
Buildings, Public Buildings, Education, |
The E. L. Wright School of Hancock is one of the most striking schools of the area and presented this picture on a recent evening. [Exterior view of the building.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Buildings - Churches |
Buildings, Church Buildings, , |
The first official service at the new log church in Assinins will be today. The Most Holy Name of Jesus Church is constructed on the site of an old log church built in 1844 by Father Frederick Baraga. The structure was made of 68 logs donated by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Reservation. [Exterior view of the log church.] Scanned: January 21, 2009 |
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Post Offices - Greenland |
Buildings, Carriers, Postal Service, Seasons, Winter |
Greenland and Mass really are living up to their traditional designations. The duo town setup now has reached nearly 100 inches of snow for the season and the winter will not begin until Dec. 21. The current reading is 98.6. Greenland truly is like its namesake, Greenland near Iceland. As for Mass, although its name comes from copper, it also signifies "great mass of snow." Thus Mass, this year, is leading the snowfall parade in the midwest with Herman coming in at 80 inches and Delaware at 66.9 inches. Houghton airport has 62.2 inches to rate lowest. Sunday found the frigid Greenland post office area with so much snow that it almost blocked the window. Before the shoveler came the parcel box virtually was snow covered. [Image of the entrance to the Greenland post office.] Scanned: January 22, 2009 |
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Ships |
Buildings, Ships, Seasons, Winter |
The AMOCO tanker Illinois moved through the Portage Channel Wednesday with ultimate destination Superior, Wis. It had discharged some of its cargo in Dollar Bay and because of stormy weather on Lake Superior spent the night at Lily Pond. The path it cut through the channel can be seen with the Ranger III and Isle Royale Queen seen anchored at the National Park Headquarters site. This morning with temperature at 0 degrees, and a all night snowfall, the tanker's trail was obliviated. [Two images of the tanker and the trail cut through the ice.] Scanned: January 22, 2009 |
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Churches |
Buildings, Church Buildings, Buildings, Commercial Buildings, Transportation, Automotive |
Catholic Church, Hancock [View of construction site probably taken from an upper floor of St. Joseph's Hospital] Scanned: April 10, 2006 |
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Snowfall |
Buildings, Manufacturing Process, Mills and Millwork, Saw Mills, Seasons, Winter |
Winona sure does get snow. Even the Riipa Lumber Co. sawmill in the Twin Lakes vicinity is proof of this. Sunday, a dark day, found the mill revealing this photo. One could walk from the former right of way of the Copper Range Railroad right up to the top of the building without trouble, so extensive is the snowfall. Because of environmental factors the Riipa mill may phase out of the sawmilling facet. Plainly, it appears there are just too many regulations. The firm will, however, remain in the lumber business and likely will enlarge its plant. [Image of the Riipa mill covered in snow.] Scanned: January 19, 2009 |