ldquo;Go West; young man . . .rdquo; When Horace Greeley made his famous statement in the pages of Harperrsquo;s Weekly; he was not referring to the goldfields of the late-1840s California; he was speaking of Michiganrsquo;s western Upper Peninsula. In the mid- to late 1840s; Michiganrsquo;s copper resources were rediscovered by state geologist Douglass Houghton; setting off a mining boom rivaled only by the gold rush of 1849. The richest copper and silver ores; and even some gold; were found in the mines of Houghton County. Famous mines such as ldquo;Old Reliable;rdquo; the Quincy mine; and the Calumet and Hecla mines gave up billions of tons of pure native copper and millions of dollars to eastern investors for over 100 years. Railroads; steamship lines; and eventually trolley lines served Houghton County; offering connection to the outside world. Between 1850 and 1920; mining companies attracted immigrants from Cornwall; England; Germany; Italy; Finland; Ireland; the Austro-Hungarian empire; and French Canada. The area was a true melting pot. Although this era of prosperity saw the rise of labor unions; the period culminated in the tragic and unsuccessful strike of 1913.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great bookBy Dermot MeagherThis book is wonderful! Its very well written and the book is nicely organized. The photos are great. I enjoyed reading it very much.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. What a work of art!By A CustomerThe book is amazing. It manages to cover the cultural. social. political and personal aspects of gay and lesbian life in Philadelphia without ever getting caught up in one particular "niche." Nickels covers the famous and the not-so famous and he even says that his book is not meant to be an encyclopedic "end all" or a final summing up of gay and lesbian life in Philadelphia. The photographs are incredible! And Nickels manages to be fair and unbiased in his descriptions of groups and personalities. Other writers. perhaps. would have been tempted to take potshots at different people but Nickels stays on a high-minded plain. What a work of art!0 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Big Let DownBy A CustomerI feel his coverage was too limited. Some of the famous and infamous Gays and Lesbians in Philadelphia he totally omitted or ignored.
