TOWNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Ditch Your Tick-loving Barberry at Trade-up Days

Ditch Your Tick-loving Barberry at Trade-up Days   Got barberry? Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is an invasive species commonly sold as a landscaping shrub. These shrubs spread from ...

TOWNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Support Needed in Construction of New County Jail

Project Overview   The Houghton County jail project aims to replace the current facility, which is overcrowded and non-compliant with modern standards. The new jail is expected to have ...

HISTORY
LIVES
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  • Chartered November 26, 1866

  • Red Jacket was renamed to Calumet in 1929.

  • Laurium is named after the Greek town of Lavrio.

  • The township office sits atop the original Calumet Number 1 Shaft.

  • Laurium was originally named Calumet when it was incorporated in 1889.

  • In 1895 the Village of Laurium was given its name.

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