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History, circa 1961, tracing the lineage of George Issac Allen, a millwright at the Champion Copper Mill in Freda, Michigan, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton, Michigan. Includes published sources, copies of plat maps, genealogical information, and oral history interviews.

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Photograph collection, undated, of the Calumet, Michigan area including the "Calumet Encampment," Freda beach and various unidentified people. The "Calumet Encampment" may be the National Guard encampment at Calumet, Michigan during the 1913 Copper Miners' strike.

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Photograph collection, circa 1930-circa 1965, from Carolyn Rowland. Photographs are from her grandmother's albums and include images from Freda, Redridge, Beacon Hill and Eagle River, Michigan. In addition to snapshots of family and friends, there are photographs of the Freda school, the Champion Mill (including some construction), the Finnish Lutheran Church in Redridge, and the Beacon Hill Mill.

Abstract The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's southern communities and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to endure past the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) and the Copper Range Motor Bus Company (1925-1955). Materials in the Copper Range Company Records document the history of the...

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Photograph collection, Approximately 1890-1980, of William H. Brinkman of Redridge, Michigan. Greater part of collection includes images of the Freda and Beacon Hill area of Houghton County, Michigan. Depicts local people, area mining operations, schools, town scenes and group photos.