Company towns -- Michigan -- Upper Peninsula
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Copper Range Company Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-080
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...
Dates:
1851 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1970
Hanchette & Lawton Case Files on the Copper Miners' Strike
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: MS-854
Abstract
The Copper Miners' Strike of 1913-1914 in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula was marred by several acts of violence, notably the Italian Hall disaster and the Seeberville shootings. Swaby L. Lawton of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton represented the Quincy Mining Company during the strike and the Copper Range Company during the appeals against the conviction of deputes for the Seeberville shootings. This collection consists of the files of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Hancock...
Dates:
1913 - 1915