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The Historic School at Gay, Michigan
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By Cosmos Mariner, August 2, 2017
Historic Town of Gay Marker
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| On 2nd Street (Gay Lac La Belle Road) east of Lake Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Gay was established in 1901, when the Mohawk and Wolverine mining companies each built a stamp mill here to process copper ore from their mines. The area, once known for quarrying, lumbering, and fishing, developed into a booming mill town named for . . . — — Map (db m153268) HM |
| On 2nd Street (Gay Lac La Belle Road) east of Lake Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A Part of Local History A few workers from Hebbard Lumber and Stone Company established a small lumbering community in the early 1880s. Nestled into the protected east shore of Keweenaw Peninsula, its population remained low, and by 1898, the . . . — — Map (db m153270) HM |
Jun. 17, 2024