Copper and Courage: Keweenaw County in the Civil War

Far from the battlefields, Lake Superior's remote copper mining region became an essential part of America's bloodiest conflict. As we celebrate 250 years as a nation, learn how Keweenaw County influenced the Civil War, and how the Civil War influenced the Keweenaw and ......More

Far from the battlefields, Lake Superior's remote copper mining region became an essential part of America's bloodiest conflict. As we celebrate 250 years as a nation, learn how Keweenaw County influenced the Civil War, and how the Civil War influenced the Keweenaw and its people. How was one early mine agent and former Copper Harbor resident later suspected as a mastermind behind the Lincoln assassination?

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