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Big Traverse Bay Historic District

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The site on which the Big Traverse Bay Historic District now stands was originally a logging camp owned by the Hebard Lumber Company, dating from the last two decades of the 19th century. A substantial number of Finnish emigres moved into the area, working in the lumber, mining, or fishing
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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fishing community located on a peninsula and adjacent mainland at the mouth of the
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Houghton County, Michigan
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industries. By 1920, Big Traverse Bay had developed into a primarily
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in and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975.
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Saint Henry's Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
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Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Michigan State Historic Site

Big Traverse Bay Historic District is located in Michigan
Big Traverse Bay Historic District is located in the United States
Lake Linden, Michigan
47°11′35″N 88°14′12″W / 47.19306°N 88.23667°W / 47.19306; -88.23667
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Lake Linden, Michigan
Traverse River
National Register of Historic Places

fishing community
Finnish
Traverse River
Lake Superior
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"Big Traverse Bay Historic District"

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