| Copper Country Rail Contributor(s): Anderson, George E. (Author), Taylor, Richard E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 153163155X ISBN-13: 9781531631550 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 977.499 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the railroads' beginnings in the early 1870s to the complex rail network of the 1900s, the advance and decline of the copper industry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was mirrored by the railroads that served it. With the abandonment in 1976 of the Houghton tracks of the Soo Line (formerly the Mineral Range, Duluth South Shore and Atlantic), Copper Country was once again without the railroad service that built it. This book seeks to tell this rich story of Copper Country railroads through a collection of pictures from various archival sources, including the authors' personal collections, the Houghton County Historical Society, Keweenaw County Historical Society, the Rudolf Maki collection, the Chuck Pomazal collection, the Michigan Technological University Van Pelt Library Archives, and the National Park Service archives. |