Book Description

This book is for you, if you want to learn about:?The history of Palmer, MI and the Cascade Range.?The struggles and working conditions of early immigrant iron miners.?The importance of major strikes in lifting miners into middle class.?The history of the Steelworkers (USWA) on the Marquette Iron Range.?The tragedy filled, long slow road to improving mine safety.?The gradual demise of Michigan's underground iron mines.?The rise of Michigan's Taconite Industry.?The birth of an Empire - Michigan's largest iron mine.?The rise of women into the ranks of iron miners.?The difference between Magnetite and Hematite.?The discovery of some of oldest fossils visible to the naked eye.?And much more?