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Making Maple Syrup - Doelle Students |
Persons, Sugar, Maple Sugar, |
Dave Wanhala of the FFA of the John A. Doelle Agricultural School, deposits a pint of maple syrup on a table in the school kitchen, during a lush day of syrup making Sunday. Richard Breyer, syrup project leader, said 1,100 gallons of sap were collected Saturday, high for the year. This week the FFA has made over $200 worth of the finished product for four days and another good day was expected today. Over $1,000 worth of syrup has been made to date. Breyer has indicated that the evaporator purchased this spring is too small to handle the present supply and that a larger one will be needed in the spring of 1966. [Image of the many bottles of syrup produced by the students.] Scanned: March 10, 2009 |
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Buildings - Ahmeek Pay Office |
Persons, Buildings, |
Keweenaw youth will soon have an ideal meeting site for its junior and senior high school students. The former Ahmeek Pay office (Near No. 2 shaft) was sold to the adult committee of the center for a nominal sum by Calumet and Hecla. The Keweenaw Youth Center plan to scrap the door of the old safe as a means of raising some early money. The Ahmeek Mining Co. installed this safe in the early 1900s for its pay office. A lot of loot passed through this door. Arne Saari, left, and Don Karvonen, vice president, agree and hope now that there will be a buyer for the door. [The two men stand next to the safe which has a piece of art work in the middle.] Scanned: March 10, 2009 |
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Bee Keepers |
Persons, Natural Resources, |
Bees were buzzing about William Couvion. Lake Linden apiarist, but happy bees are not stinging bees so Couvion could smile too. Here, Couvion stands beside the only hive of five which survived the long and cold winter. Scanned: March 9, 2009 |
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Bridges - Portage Lake Lift Bridge |
Transportation, Bridges, Persons, |
The Houghton County Bridge tower was a beehive of activity when Chief Engineer Martin McGrath was trying to get the lift to function properly when it had completely failed at the approach of the D. M. Clemson. [Good image of the interior of the tower showing the control panel. Please see comment section for further details.] Scanned: April 10, 2008 |
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Disasters - Fires |
Disasters, Fires, Persons, Buildings |
Fire breaks out at a warehouse on the shores of Portage Lake in Ripley. [Photo of the roaring blaze with two people with fire hoses in the middle of the image. Please see comment section for further information.] Scanned: April 10, 2008 |
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Monuments - Civil War |
Historic Sites, Historical Markers, Armed Forces, Soldiers, |
This Civil War monument rests on College Avenue in Houghton. Decorating the north side of the street, the statuary is appropriately mounted on a stone pedestal and is nicely framed by trees growing immediately north of the avenue sidewalk. The soldier atop the base, facing south, depicts the military attire of the time. Probably no better location could be imagined for the site in that Portage channel is a part of the deep gorge which forms the enclosure for the lake water. A large delegation of military men fought under the banner of the Houghton company from July, 1862 to July, 1865. The memoriam is on behalf of the Houghton company which was composed not only of Portage Lake district men but of men from nearby counties. [Photo of the memorial showing a marching soldier with rifle.] Scanned: March 10, 2009 |
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Biography - Margaret Mabelle Kariean |
Persons, Manners and Customs, Clothing and Dress, Woody Plants, Trees |
Mrs. Kariean displays the results of a day in the field. She says that the blueberries are less plentiful this season than they were last year. [Mrs. Kariean holds a roasting pot full of blueberries. She holds a cigarette in one hand and her glasses in the other. See comment section for story.] Scanned: April 15, 2008 |
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Water Towers - Lake Linden |
Human Settlements, Water, |
Overlooking the village it serves, this 50,000 gallon capacity tank contains the pure and cool water of Gregory Springs. Upon completion of the project, Lake Linden will have one of the finest water systems in the Upper Peninsula. [Image of the new water tower surrounded by a fence.] Scanned: March 9, 2009 |
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Graveyard |
Burials, Cemeteries, Woody Plants, Trees, |
[Photo shows teenage boys moving gravestones in overgrown cemetery] Scanned: February 16, 2006 |
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Graveyard |
Burials, Cemeteries, Woody Plants, Trees, |
[Photo shows tombstones in overgrown area]] Scanned: February 16, 2006 |