Mikel B Classen

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Old Victoria

A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon County Michigan

Beschreibung

Old Victoria, a ghost town from the copper boom, shows what life was like homesteading in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Over the years, some of the site has been destroyed or has collapsed; still, many of Old Victoria's original homesteads remain standing. Thanks to the efforts of a local group, The Society for the Restoration of Old Victoria, quite a few of the buildings have been restored and refurnished in their original condition. Unlike Fayette, the U.P.'s best-known ghost town and a small shipping port on Lake Michigan, Victoria is a remote, rugged mining town, buried in the Ontonagon wilderness. Thus, Victoria is one of the least-known yet most interesting attractions of the Upper Peninsula. The town was carved out of one of the harshest sections of the rugged U.P. landscape. Situated at the top of a Michigan mountain, part of the picturesque Ontonagon River Gorge, Victoria is within the Gogebic Mineral Range. When visiting here, you get the feel for what it was like to struggle in a remote mining town. Join Mikel B. Classen, the Yooper History Hunter, on a romp through time with two dozen photographs that portray more than a century of Old Victoria! "Mikel B. Classen couldn't have chosen a more interesting subject for the inaugural volume than the ghost town of Victoria." -- Tom Powers, Michigan in Books "Both history and travel guide, this thoroughly researched and gracefully written book -- illustrated with both historical and contemporary photographs -- is a must-read for people planning visits to lesser-known parts of the western Upper Peninsula." -- Jon C. Stott, author Paul Bunyan in Michigan "Old Victoria: A Copper Country Ghost Town, the inaugural volume of the Yooper History Hunter Series, offers a colorful, up-close look at the life of a small mining town in one of the remotest corners of Michigan. Painstakingly researched, but an effortless read." --Victor R. Volkman, Marquette Monthly Learn more at www.MikelBClassen.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com

Autor

Mikel B. Classen has been writing and photographing northern Michigan in newspapers and magazines for over thirty-five years, creating feature articles about the life and culture of Michigan's north country. A journalist, historian, photographer and author with a fascination for the world around him, he enjoys researching and writing about lost stories from the past. Currently, he is managing editor of the U.P. Reader and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. In 2020, Mikel won the Historical Society of Michigan's George Follo Award for Upper Peninsula History. He has just released a new book, True Tales: The Forgotten History of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 2022. Classen makes his home in the oldest city in Michigan, historic Sault Ste. Marie. He is also a collector of out-of-print history books, and historical photographs and prints of Upper Michigan. At Northern Michigan University, he studied English, history, journalism and photography. His book, Au Sable Point Lighthouse, Beacon on Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast was published in 2014 and his book, Teddy Roosevelt and the Marquette Libel Trial was published in 2015, both by the History Press. He has a book of fiction called Lake Superior Tales, published by Modern History Press, which won the 2020 U.P. Notable Book Award. His book, Points North, is a non-fiction travel book published in 2019 by Modern History Press. It has received the Historical Society of Michigan's "Outstanding Michigan History Publication," along with the 2021 U.P. Notable Book Award. To learn more about Mikel B. Classen and to see more of his work, go to his website at www.mikelbclassen.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Modern History Press
• Seitenzahl: 34
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781615998203
• ISBN-10: 1615998209
• Artikelnr.: 70691707