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Keweenaw and Copper Country

Copper history, Calumet memory, deep snow, Lake Superior roads, and the people who made the peninsula.

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People Were Mining the U.P.’s Copper 7,000 Years Ago, and the 1840s Prospectors Found Their Pits

Native peoples mined the U.P.’s copper as far back as 7,000 years ago, some of the oldest metalworking in the Americas. When the 1840s prospectors arrived, they found the ancient…

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He Started the U.P.’s Copper Rush. Then He Warned Everyone to Stay Away.

The U.P.’s entire copper boom traces back to one man and one report in 1841. What gets left out is…

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The 1913 Italian Hall Disaster Is the Copper Country’s Darkest Day, and Calumet Still Remembers

On Christmas Eve more than a century ago, a false cry of "fire" turned a children's party in Calumet into…

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Keegan OBrien Yooper Hub editor Aug 13, 2026
The Keweenaw has more stories per mile than anywhere in Michigan and I will die on this hill. Which one should we chase next?

Keweenaw and Copper Country

Start with these three

People Were Mining the U.P.’s Copper 7,000 Years Ago, and the 1840s Prospectors Found Their Pits

He Started the U.P.’s Copper Rush. Then He Warned Everyone to Stay Away.

The 1913 Italian Hall Disaster Is the Copper Country’s Darkest Day, and Calumet Still Remembers

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There’s a Ski Hill on the Tip of the U.P. So Extreme It Has No Beginner Runs

Brockway Mountain Drive May Be the Most Beautiful View in the Entire U.P.

In This Part of the U.P., They Measure Snow in Feet, and Some Winters in Yards

This Wild U.P. Berry Is Too Delicate to Ship, So the Jam Is Made by Hand Up Here

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