Houghton, MI: A Walking Tour of the Copper Country
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2023
- Houghton, MI, located on Highway 41 in the Upper Peninsula, was named after Douglass Houghton who was Michigan's first appointed state geologist. Douglass Houghton discovered the vast copper deposits in the Keweenaw Peninsula in 1840, and the town started to grow and develop. Houghton is the home of Michigan Technological University and the A. E. Seaman Mineralogical Museum. The Museum holds an exciting collection of minerals from the area, as well as other parts of the world and is open to the public. MTU, with approximately 6,100 students, is one of the top engineering schools in the world.
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I've lived here for 10 years. Fell in love with the place. You actually got a bit of my apartment on camera in your walk downtown here. :) The town is a nice quiet place, and I recognized a friend of mine in that video of yours! The parking deck has been removed though since this video though, and they're finishing work on it now. There are a lot of neat ruins nearby to explore as well as some awesome waterfalls.
So cool!
Great video, brought back memories. i delivered news print there in the 80's & 90's. loved going there in the summer. Get there earlier and go for walk along the river and downtown. People were very friendly as well . would love to do that drive 1 more time.
Glad you enjoyed it! I really loved the area - so much so I'm returning back this summer to explore some more!
This is so beautiful. I live in Houghton, in a handicapped apt, so I've not been lucky enough to see the waterfront and how it's changed. This is beautiful....as a younger kid, none of this was done...it was "wild"...this is so cool. Thank you!
Wow!. Thanks! I loved Houghton on my visit and plan on being back this summer for some more adventures.
Way cool!!
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Me and my girlfriend will be moving to houghton this spring and this video was not only interesting and informative but it took a load off my shoulders to see the beautiful sights and scenes makes me feel better about moving thanks a ton!!!
Great to hear! Thanks for the feedback and good luck on the move.
Michigan *Technological* University 😄
2:49 The Library isn't the original - the original bar/pub at that location burned down in Fall, 1995. Came close to burning down the whole block. The fire caused the second floor of the original structure to collapse down onto the first floor. The original Library was two floors, but was rebuilt as one floor - rumor was that there wasn't an elevator previously, so that wasn't covered by insurance. So they rebuilt on one floor with a microbrewery.
9:46 the way the bridge is configured here is so cars cross on the former railroad deck, to allow pleasure craft to go under without having to stop traffic. The bridge still has to go up for sailboats. By the time I left ~ 1999, you had only a handful of freighters go through a year.
You didnt show ambassadors pizza lol.
It was nice to see the historic city. THanks for sharing. HAve a great Day. See you. Greetings from Francine Ouside Streets.
Thanks!
Great place! MTU is amazing! As is winter festival.
Couldn't agree more!
Gosh that's up there
Nice city 😊
It really is!
Looks like you are trying to stop people from moving there..😅
It's a beautiful area and safe...much better than big city life.
Houghton is a very lovely place 💜 to visit
I agree. It is a beautiful city!
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Beautiful. We're all thankful it's not San Francisco.
I looking forward to call that town home again
I fell in love with the town. Can't wait to head back there again this year!
I have lived in Houghton for 25 years. This is one of the worse places to live. It seems safe, but isn't as safe as yhey make it out to be. Meth is running rampant here. Vehicles are constantly broken into. Snowmobiles are constantly stolen. They lie about crime stats online. There has been over 50 murders here and in the surrounding area in the last couple decades. The police stations close at 5pm. They harass the locals. Never do any improvements until the tourists are about to get here. The local government employees are corrupt. We have the highest utilities in the country. The people here are not very nice. If you go to tech, the police will over look any crime you do in fear people will stop coming here. We never have nice weather. In fact the local weather reports will always be wrong if something is coming up. It almost always is bad weather during events, but they will say the weather will be fine. It never is. We hardly get Temps above 75°, mostly cold and wet out. Might be OK for a short visit, but terrible to live here. There are no resources.
And the Shopko closed
Well if it’s such a shit hole why do you still call it home?