Beyond the Boundaries: Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875

Beyond the Boundaries: Life and Landscape at the Lake Superior Copper Mines, 1840-1875
ISBN-10
0195108043
ISBN-13
9780195108040
Series
Beyond the Boundaries
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Larry D. Lankton

Description

This is a social history of the families of the Keweenaw Peninsula area of Upper Michigan, from 1840 to 1875 when the district's main industry was copper mining. It is the story of these "reluctant pioneers", who survived in what was, in many ways, a hostile environment.

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