THE KEWEENAW READER
The greatest global copper boom in the Keweenaw – lasted 1200 years!
Has the mystery of the Paulding Light been solved once and for all?
When Michigan went to war with Ohio – and lost!
Why you should enjoy winter in the Keweenaw – while you still can!
The Keweenaw Reader is a collection of stories, articles, people and perspectives from today, yesterday and long ago.
INTRODUCTION - 8
WHAT CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT COPPER - 10
KEWEENAW 100 YEARS AGO - 12
MYTHS AND LEGENDS - 13
CEILING OF SILVER - 23
THE HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SILVER ISLET, ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR - 30
THE MOUND BUILDERS OF MICHIGAN - 43
BUT THE MOUND BUILDERS WERE NOT THE FIRST!
THE MINOAN MINING EMPIRE 2400BC-1200BC - 58
THE COPPER STORY
(A history of early copper discovery for young readers) - 62
MORE ABOUT ANCIENT MINING IN THE U.P. - 69
IS GLOBAL WARMING
CHANGING THE KEWEENAW? - 74
THE TOLEDO WAR - 80
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HURONS IN MICHIGAN & WHEN THE WYANDOTS CAME TO THE U.P. - 86
THE MICHIGAN INDIANS - 117
PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW:
DOUGLASS HOUGHTON - 130
FIRST TRIP BY STEAM TO THE LAKE SUPERIOR
(BY ONE OF THE SURVIVORS) - 135
AN EARLY VISITOR AT MARQUETTE’S GRAVE - 142
IS MARQUETTE’S GRAVE AT ST. IGNACE? - 146
FROM NEW ENGLAND TO LAKE SUPERIOR: 1854 - 153
A LOOK AT LAKE SUPERIOR SHIPPING IN 2001; AS PREDICTED IN 1901 - 159
HOUGHTON AND HANCOCK - 160
PHOTO GALLERY OF THE KEWEENAW AND SURROUNDING AREAS c.1904 - 162
SKETCHES OF THE NORTHWEST - 168
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