Calumet: Copper Country Metropolis

Calumet: Copper Country Metropolis by Gerry Mantel. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780972229203.

Co-authored by Gerry Mantel & Dave Engel, this book gives an entertaining, everyday "life-in-motion" look at the historic town of Calumet, Michigan during its heydays of 1898-1913 via informative (and often, hilarious) original news accounts combined with a literal ton of great old photo reproductions. In its prime Calumet was truly the Copper Country Metropolis; the Michigan mining capital, now being refurbished as Keweenaw National Historic Park, enjoys a storied past that is unrivaled in the Midwest. "Calumet: Copper Country Metropolis" covers the period from the Spanish-American War to the infamous Italian Hall disaster, during a time which this region grew to a population of nearly 50,000.