Company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Christian, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Company towns--History--Upper Peninsula--Michigan.

Company towns.

Industrial relations--History--Upper Peninsula--Michigan.

Industrial relations.

Historic buildings--History--Upper Peninsula--Michigan.

Historic buildings.

Iron mines and mining--History--Upper Peninsula--Michigan.

Iron mines and mining.

Lumber trade--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.

Lumber trade.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--History, Local.

Upper Peninsula (Mich.).

Michigan--Upper Peninsula.

Genre:

History.

Local history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a worker's boss did extra duty as landlord, store owner and constable. The on-site mill manager in Simmons, a town named after the furniture maker, even ran a successful baseball team. Built around iron mines and lumber concerns and directed by prominent entrepreneurs like Henry Ford, these industrial hamlets once lined the shores of Lakes Michigan and Superior. Author Christian Holmes uncovers rich stories of struggle and celebration as he explores the vestiges of these vanished communities and their lasting legacy in the identity of the Upper Peninsula.

Contents:

Houghton and Keweenaw Counties

Ford River

Fayette

Pequaming

Hermansville

Nahma

Newberry

Emerson

Shelldrake

Blaney

Sault Ste. Marie

Simmons

Fiborn

Gogebic County

Gwinn

Kingsford

Alberta

White Pine.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781625852762

1625852762

OCLC:

1357015843