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By Cosmos Mariner, August 2, 2017
Historic Town of Gay Marker
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1 ► Michigan, Keweenaw County, Gay — Historic Town of Gay —  |
| 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 | |||
| 2 ► Michigan, Keweenaw County, Gay — Gay Schoolhouse Historical Museum — |
| 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 | |||