September 14th, 2009 John Munro Longyear says" Built in 1844 on the shore of Lake Fanne Hooe, near copper harbor, at the insistance of Douglas Houton, Michigan state Geologist, who started the copper boom. He represented to Govenor Lewis Cass that the miners needed protection from the Indians, but as it turned out the mission Indians needed protection from the rowdy miners"
Date(s): September 19, 2009. Album by Elizabeth Morrison. Photos by Elizabeth Morrison. 1 - 24 of 150 Total. 1 Visits.