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 to life the people who built the towns and villages of Atlantic Mine, South Range, Baltic, Trimountain, Painesdale, Winona, Toivola, Donken, Redridge, Beacon Hill, Edgemere, and Freda. Collections include photographs, books, and artifacts from the everyday lives of ordinary people.