富含矿物质
The largest city in Michigan’s densely forested Upper Peninsula, hg6668皇冠登录’s history is tied to what lies beneath its surface.
In 1844, a survey party discovered rich iron ore deposits in the earth after the needle on their compass went awry due to the concentration of minerals under the soil.
That led to hg6668皇冠登录’s first industry— mining—and the establishment of the town.
马奎铁炉
The Jackson Mining Company established the first open-pit mine in 1845, 在现在的内格尼镇, and other mining companies soon followed.
Men came from the tin mines of Corn- wall, 去英国的杰克逊矿工作, 其次是来自芬兰的移民, 瑞典, 意大利, 德国, 和其他欧洲国家.
To process the ore, forges and furnaces were built, fueling the need for another industry—timber.
Timber was also needed to build railroads, 矿井井架, and the foundation of the huge Ore Dock, and to stoke the furnaces of steam locomotives.
hg6668皇冠登录’s mining history is preserved in many of its attractions today.
The 47-mile 铁矿遗迹径 traverses the hg6668皇冠登录 Iron Range and details the 160-year history of mining in the region.
Built on the former rail beds used to transport lumber to furnaces and forges, 和铁矿石运往苏必利尔湖港, the trail takes you on a journey through time, with interpretive signs and artifacts lining the way.
矿石码头
The Ore Dock in hg6668皇冠登录’s Upper Harbor was built in 1911 and is still commercially active today.
被开采后, the ore is crushed and the iron separated out, then combined with a binding agent and rolled into little balls that are fed into a kiln and fired at 2,000+华氏度.
This process creates taconite pellets, which are transported to the dock by rail, then dumped out of the bottom of the railcar and into one of the dock’s 200 steel “pockets,用于航运. Each pocket can hold 250 tons of taconite pellets.
把炸药装到船上, 船已就位, a chute is lowered to the open cargo hatch, and a door at the bottom of the pocket opens, dumping the pellets into the ship’s hold.
The ore is then transported to other Great Lakes ports, where the pellets are off-loaded and used in the steel-making process.
Ten million tons of ore are shipped from the Ore Dock every year. Visitors and locals alike enjoy watching freighters at the dock as they stroll along 苏必利尔湖’s shores.
Discover more of hg6668皇冠登录’s iron ore legacy at the hg6668皇冠登录 Regional 历史 Center.
hg6668皇冠登录的航海历史
The hg6668皇冠登录 Harbor Lighthouse helped sailors navigate safely home, and was critical to the Great Lakes iron ore trade.
Delve deep into the maritime history of 苏必利尔湖 at the hg6668皇冠登录 Maritime 博物馆 and check out other lighthouses in the region.
探索西区
就在马凯特城外, the towns of Negaunee and Ishpeming each have their own rich histories that beg to be explored.
Locally referred to as the West End, each town has its own historical gems to discover.
NEGAUNEE
The Michigan Iron Industry 博物馆 located at the site of the first iron forge in the 苏必利尔湖 region features permanent and rotating exhibits, including artifacts recovered from the site. A 23-minute film, “Iron Spirits: Life on the Michigan Iron Range,” details early life in the region.
Outside, two trails wind around the museum’s grounds.
At Jackson Mine Park discover more mining history. Take the Old Town Trail to see what remains of Old Town Negaunee, with staircases to nowhere and concrete foundations after the homes and buildings had to be moved or demolished when mining went under- ground and led to cave-ins.
Dig deeper into Negaunee’s early days at the Negaunee Historical 博物馆, which features three floors of exhibits.
ISHPEMING
The birthplace of organized skiing in the U.S.在美国，伊什佩明是美国足球俱乐部的所在地.S. National 滑雪 and Snowboard Hall of Fame, celebrating the history of these exciting sports.
At 悬崖竖井矿山博物馆 walk through tunnels miners walked to get to the shaft of what was one of the largest iron mines in Michigan. See relics from mining’s past and check out the mineral collections of the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club.
Explore more at the Ishpeming Area Historical Society & 博物馆.
大湾
再往北一点, 古雅的大湾小镇, tucked between the expansive shores of 苏必利尔湖 and the more intimate, 占地1800英亩的独立湖, 也有丰富的过去吗.
The town started with one settler who built a log cabin in the mid-1800s and later became a lumber camp owned by the Brunswick Lumber Company, which at one point produced 90 percent of the world’s bowling pins here.
最终被亨利·福特发现, the town became the site of a Ford Motor Company plant and a getaway for Ford himself, who bought and renovated most of the buildings in the town and turned Brunswick’s former sawmill into a factory to produce wood panels for the popular Woody Wagons of the 1940s.
大湾 was also the site of the filming of the award-winning 1959 movie “Anatomy of a Murder,” which was based on a real murder in the town.
