Copper Country

Winona: A Copper Country Ghost

Winona, Michigan, a former copper mining town is fast becoming a "ghost town." This film tells Winona's story from the mouths of the old timers who lived through the boom and bust era.

Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913

An epic labor strike that devastated Michigan's Copper Country in 1913 haunts the American labor movement to this day. Among the notable elements of that strike was the death of 73 children at a union Christmas party, a

Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound that was uni