The Daily Stamp — Monday, August 24, 2026

A two-storey cream and green clapboard building with a long covered platform canopy along its front, hung with ICE CREAM and Coca-Cola signs and a DAIRY BAR sign under the canopy, with picnic tables on the gravel lot outside.

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The Copper Country Had Streetcars for 32 Years. The Ice Cream Window at the Ahmeek Station Has Been Open More Than Twice That Long.

The Houghton County Traction Company ran electric streetcars through the Copper Country from 1900 until 1932. Its 1909 Ahmeek station is still in business, as an…

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History & Culture · 3 minThe Government Built an 86-Foot Lighthouse on Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast in 1874. Getting There Still Takes a Hike.
Community · 4 minA Retired Firefighter Near Newberry Has Bottle-Fed 48 of His 50 Bears Himself. It Started With One Orphaned Cub.
Outdoors & Travel · 3 minDrivers Cross 147 Feet of Thin Air on US-2. Under the Bridge, a Door Says T. Troll.

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