Portage Lake (Houghton County, Mich.) -- History
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Commercial Statistics and Marine Commerce through Portage Lake Ship Canals, Lake Superior, Michigan Collection
Records, 1897-1911, of the vessels passing through Portage Lake Ship Canals, Lake Superior, Michigan.
Copper Country Boat Club Collection
Collection, 1938-1939, of the Copper Country Boat Club, an organization formed in Houghton, Michigan. Scrapbook pages include the constitution, a membership list, copies of letterhead, photographs, newsletters, race material, and newspaper clippings.
John Forester Letters
Letters, after 1864-before 1899, written by John H. Forester to the editor of the Portage Lake Mining Gazette, a local paper published between 1864 and 1899 in Houghton, Michigan. Written as recollections of early life in the Copper Country of Michigan, always signed as "A Pioneer".
John Harry Reeder Photograph Collection
Photograph collection, 1954-1967, of black-and-white photographs taken by John Harry Reeder, a retired mining engineer in Houghton, Michigan. Images include Great Lakes shipping, Michigan copper mining locations, and the construction of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.
S. S. Seminole Records
Records, 1934-1936, of the steamship S.S. SEMINOLE, a 188-foot steamer constructed for the U. S. Coast Guard and repurposed as a passenger ship in Houghton, Michigan after decommissioning by the Coast Guard. Includes correspondence, financial records, purchase order records, payroll records and passenger ticket stubs as well as other printed ephemera.