19832 calumet drive, charter township of clinton, mi

Loss of wartime demand caused the copper price to drop following World War I. Folk singer Woody Guthrie's song, ' 1913 Massacre', is based on this event. The identity of the person(s) who started the stampede has never been determined. Striking miners and their families were gathered on Christmas Eve for a party in Italian Hall, when the cry of 'fire' precipitated a stampede that crushed or suffocated seventy-three victims, the majority of them children.

In the same year, the town was the site of the Italian Hall Disaster. However, in 1913, Red Jacket suffered from the Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914, and the population began to decline. Many immigrants (from Poland and other countries) settled there in the late 19th century The victims in rough caskets, 1913īy 1900, Red Jacket had a population of 4,668, and Calumet Township, which contained Red Jacket and nearby mining towns, had a population of 25,991. In addition to copper mining and smelting, the region also supported the dairy industry and truck farming.

The copper mines were particularly rich the Boston-based Calumet and Hecla Mining Company produced more than half of the United States' copper from 1871 through 1880. Red Jacket grew due to the copper mines in the area. Until 1895 the name 'Calumet' was used by the nearby town of Laurium, Michigan present-day Calumet was not legally named so until 1929. What is now Calumet was settled in 1864, originally under the name of Red Jacket, for a Native American Chief of the Seneca tribe. History Fifth Street, looking north, Red Jacket circa 1910 View of Calumet & Hecla Company town circa 1910

Most of the village itself is also included within the Calumet Historic District, a larger area which is NRHP-listed and which is a National Historic Landmark District. The village is home to a unit of Keweenaw National Historical Park, and also includes the Calumet Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The village is located within Calumet Township, Houghton County, and had a population of 621 at the 2020 census.Ĭalumet was once the center of Michigan's copper mining industry. Interior of the Calumet Theatre on 6th street.Ĭalumet ( / ˌ k æ lj u ˈ m ɛ t/ KAL-yuu- MET or locally / ˌ k æ lj ə ˈ m ɛ t/ KAL-yə- MET) is a village in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S.

19832 calumet drive, charter township of clinton, mi