National Register of Historic Places listings in Keweenaw County, Michigan: Difference between revisions

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Copper was discovered in the Keweenaw in the 1830s; soon after, the US government built [[Fort Wilkins]] near [[Copper Harbor, Michigan|Copper Harbor]] to maintain order in the area. Keweenaw County was split off from [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton County]] in 1861, with the county seat in [[Eagle River, Michigan|Eagle River]].<ref name = "hist">{{citation | title = A history of the northern peninsula of Michigan and its people: its mining, lumber and agricultural industries | author = Alvah Littlefield Sawyer | publisher = The Lewis Publishing Company | year = 1911 | pages = 489–495 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3YF5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA489#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> The early government and commercial buildings in Eagle River are now a [[Eagle River Historic District|Historic District]]. [[Isle Royale]], although split off into its own county in 1875, was reunited with Keweenaw County ten years later, and remains part of the county.

As the mining industry in the Keweenaw ran down, tourism in the area increased. This was evidenced by the increase in passenger ships (notably the [[SS America (1898)|SS America]], mentioned above) and the construction of tourist hotels and summer cottages such as the [[Johns Hotel]], the first resort on Isle Royale, and the [[Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and Golf Course Complex]], built in 1933-341933–34. Also in the 1930s, the roads accessing the Keweenaw communities were improved, with the addition of bridges such as the [[US 41–Fanny Hooe Creek Bridge]].

|address=Southeast shore of Mott Island<ref name="irdive">The ten shipwrecks off Isle Royale are listed as "address restricted." However, the Isle Royale National Park Diving makes it clear that the wrecks are open to diving, and the location information is listed at the {{cite web | title = Scuba Diving Page | publisher = Isle Royale National Park | url = http://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/scuba-diving.htm | accessdateaccess-date = December 12, 2010 }}. Geo-coordinates are from {{cite web | title = The Wrecks of Isle Royale | publisher = Black Dog Diving | url = http://www.mn-blackdogdiving.com/new_page_2.htm | accessdateaccess-date = December 12, 2010 | url-status = dead | archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104639/http://www.mn-blackdogdiving.com/new_page_2.htm | archivedatearchive-date = July 14, 2011 }}, a dive company suggested by the National Park.</ref>

|article=SS Chester A. Congdon (ship)

|address=Third and Center<ref name="michehs">The NHIS database gives the location as "Block 10," while "Third and Center" comes from {{cite web|title = Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse|publisher = State of Michigan|url = http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/8121.htm|url-status = dead|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120517133244/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/8121.htm|archivedatearchive-date = 2012-05-17}}</ref>

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|name=Minong MineCopper Mining Historic District

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* [[List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Keweenaw County]]