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Michigan's iron built the rails westward and the skyscrapers upward. Find out what it was like to work underground and follow the trail to the site of the Carp River Forge.
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• Michigan Iron Industry Museum Receives $10,000 from Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for Support of Trail Exhibits

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• Educator and Author Ragene Henry Brings Passion for U.P. History to Michigan Iron Industry Museum July 14

• Library of Michigan Announces Change in Public Hours


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