Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History
Title | Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History PDF eBook |
Author | Russsell M. Magnaghi |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 214 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1387016814 |
"Get ready to discover the rich history of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. From its earliest days, it has evoked words of love, beauty, mystery, and legend. Drawing on oral histories, newspapers, census data, archives, and libraries, Russell M. Magnaghi has written the seminal history of a very 'special place' as seen through the eyes of the men and women who have lived here- the famous and not so famous. For the first time in over a century, a complete history of the U. P.- from prehistoric origins to the present- is available. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History is an extraordinary book celebrating this unique sense of place."--Back cover.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Spirit of Place
Title | Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Spirit of Place PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Brimm |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Strangers and Sojourners
Title | Strangers and Sojourners PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur W. Thurner |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780814323960 |
Arthur Thurner tells of the enormous struggle of the diverse immigrants who built and sustained energetic towns and communities, creating a lively civilization in what was essentially a forest wilderness. Their story is one of incredible economic success and grim tragedy in which mine workers daily risked their lives. By highlighting the roles women, African Americans, and Native Americans played in the growth of the Keweenaw community, Thurner details a neglected and ignored past. The history of Keweenaw Peninsula for the past one hundred and fifty years reflects contemporary American culture--a multicultural, pluralistic, democratic welfare state still undergoing evolution. Strangers and Sojourners, with its integration of social and economic history, for the first time tells the complete story of the people from the Keweenaw Peninsula's Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties.
A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People
Title | A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People PDF eBook |
Author | Alvah Littlefield Sawyer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 674 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Title | Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula PDF eBook |
Author | The Finnish American Heritage Center |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2018-11-19 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 146712978X |
On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP) took root. Much to the surprise of these new Americans, Midsummer was not a religious holiday marked by feasts in celebration of the season's prolonged sunlight. Rather, the newcomers were immediately hastened into the bowels of the earth to extract copper in pursuit of the American Dream. In short order, hardworking Finnish immigrants became reputable miners, lumberjacks, farmers, maids, and commercial fishermen. A century and a half later, the UP boasts the largest Finnish population outside of the motherland and sustains the determined spirit the Finns call sisu--an influence that remains palpable in all 15 UP counties.
History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Title | History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 554 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | Florence County (Wis.) |
ISBN |
Publisher description: This volume presents a detailed study of the climate strategies of ExxonMobil, Shell, and Statoil. With an innovative analytical approach, the authors explain variations at three decision-making levels: within the companies themselves, in the national home-bases of the companies, and at the international level. The analysis generates policy-relevant knowledge about whether and how corporate resistance to a viable climate policy can be overcome.
A Most Superior Land
Title | A Most Superior Land PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Michigan Natural Resources Magazine. |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A collection of tales that reveal the rich culture of the Upper Peninsula. The text and hundreds of beautiful photographs illuminate the history, people, and beauty of a Most Superior Land. The authors are Upper Peninsula natives who recount stories about shipping tragedies and miracles, the birth and death of great paralyzing snows and ravaging fires, of life on remote islands, in the mines, rural kitchens, of schools and scholars, athletes, and even the history of the sauna.