Copper Country Journal: The Diary of Schoolmaster Henry Hobart, 1863-1864

Philip P. Mason, ed. Henry Hobart was twenty-one when he traveled to the Keweenaw Peninsula to teach the children of the Cliff Mine workers. His diary provides a firsthand account of the workers and their families, the unsafe working conditions in the mines, and the impact of the mine on employees and the community. Historic photographs. 346 pages.