The
Houghton County
Historical Museum,
once the site of the
largest copper
milling operation in
North America is
also home to the
Lake Linden & Torch
Lake Railroad, the
one room Traprock
Valley School House,
an 1887
Congregational
Church building now
the HCHS Heritage
Center, the WPA era
Leo Chaput Log Cabin
and the Perl Merrill
Research Center
which is our
archives and
genealogical
facility.
The Houghton County
Museum is located on
M-26 in the Upper
Peninsula of
historic Lake
Linden, Michigan and
offers three floors
of exhibits of local
Copper Country
mining, logging and
cultural history.
Some of our outdoor
exhibits include a
working Calumet &
Hecla Mining Co.
train with a 3’
gauge Porter steam
engine that was used
to transport various
materials at their
mill and smelter
sites. The steam
train is now used
for passenger tours
and interpretation
of the milling
operation. |