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From
the
early
1900s
until
the
mid-1950s
copper
mining
was
the
economic
engine
of
the
western
Upper
Peninsula.
Tens
of
thousands
of
immigrants
from
northern
Europe,
Italy,
England,
and
Canada
made
their
way
to
the
Copper
Country
to
find
work
and
improve
their
lives.
The
Copper
Range
Historical
Museum
attempts
to
recreate
what
life
and
work
were
like
for
these
miners,
loggers,
farmers,
businesspeople,
homemakers,
and
children.
Museum
displays
bring
....
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