Talk:Calumet, Michigan

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Does the "Calumetopoly" game really have any encyclopedic significance? --64squares 22:11, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

No. Bigturtle 17:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I think that almost ever city of any notability has a Cityname-opoly. -- dcclark (talk) 21:07, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
And quite a few unremarkable cities as well. This has no place in an encyclopedia. I can see it now: List of places with a version of Monopoly made for it. Gah. older ≠ wiser 21:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Caluet to be Michigan Capital?

The article previously mentioned the following:

Calumet is famously known as the runner up in the decision of the location of the Michigan State Capitol, having lost to Lansing by one vote [citation needed].

It seems interesting and would be great to put back in. Does anyone have a source?--24.209.135.229 (talk) 21:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

It's bogus information. Most of the UP west of the Mackinac/Sault area was wilderness in the 1840s when the location of the capital was being decided. older ≠ wiser 23:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
This is referred to as an urban legend in Larry Lankton's "Cradle to Grave". Not to mention that C&H wasn't even founded until the mid 1860's, so Red Jacket / Calumet / Laurium didn't even exist yet. -- dcclark (talk) 01:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brick Pavement

First in Michigan, should be mentioned. --Daniel C. Boyer 20:19, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] JROTC

Link seems to be dead. Someone should investigate. --141.219.44.44 21:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calumet historical population

In the 3rd paragraph under History, we learn:

"By 1900, Red Jacket and the surrounding company towns had a population of some 60,000."

But then the article explains that Calumet township actually had only slightly more than half that population, and that to arrive at that 60,000, we have to include Hancock, Dollar Bay, South Range, Atlantic, and Dodgeville. Honestly, do the folks in South Range really think of themselves as part of the "greater Calumet metroplex"? Why don't we just give the population of Calumet township and leave it at that? Plazak (talk) 19:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I corrected the population figures to reflect only Red Jacket and Calumet Township. Now as the the following statement in the article: "Red Jacket suffered from mining labor strikes, and the population began to decline." The above wording implies that the labor troubles caused the decline in population; if anyone can substantiate such a connection, please add documentation. A more likely cause for the period 1910-1920 is greater mining productivity due to mechanization. Plazak (talk) 16:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed this comment. The strike did indeed cause a population decline. As the strike dragged on, workers moved to the non-striking mines in the Ontonogan and Marquette areas. Mechanization had some impact, but not actually that much. The biggest reason was mine closure during the great depression: almost no mines stayed open during that time. -- dcclark (talk) 14:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Whatever declines suffered during the strike 1913-1914 would have been quickly made up during WWI, when Michigan copper production soared to all-time record highs. However, use of pneumatic drills, which was one of the issues during the strike, meant that fewer miners were needed per ton of ore. You are right about the depression; that was the greatest cause of decline.Plazak (talk) 14:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)