Rppc HOUGHTON LAKE MICHIGAN, Sandy Beach, Breaking Waves 1924-1948 REAL PHOTO

Description: Houghton is the largest city and county seat of Houghton County in the state of Michigan and is the fifth largest city in the Upper Peninsula. The city and the county were names after Douglass Houghton, an American geologist and physician, primarily known for his exploration of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Native Americans mined copper in and around what would later be Houghton thousands of years before European settlement. The French explores had noted and as early as the seventeenth century, 1771 Alexander Henry had prospected for copper on the Ontonagon River near Victoria. The first known European settler of Houghton was named Ransom Shelden, who set up a store named Ransom’s near Portage Lake though it is unclear whether this was in the same building as the 1852 Shelden and Shafer drugs, sometimes described as “the first commercial building constructed in Houghton,” which Sheldon owned with his son Ransom B. The main street of Houghton, variously called incorrectly “Sheldon Avenue, Sheldon Street, and correctly Shelden Avenue, is named for him. In 1854, Earnests F Pletschke platted Houghton, and it was incorporated as a village in 1861. The increasing demand for copper wiring fueled the development of Houghton in the 1860s and 70s and Houghton gained more in importance as a port with the opening of the Keweenaw Waterway in 1873. By 1880, Houghton had become “a burgeoning city” and in 1883, the railroad was extended from Marquette. Houghton was incorporated as a city in 1970. This a real photo card that is uncredited or is it postmarked and is in good condition with minor wear and a clean and clear image of waves breaking on the sand. The reverse is also clean. The card can be dated between 1924 to 1948 by the AZO stamp box with 4 squares in the corners. The colors on the images are a more neutral B&W than the scan.Unless otherwise noted, I use Wikipedia and Metropostcard for research and try to be as accurate as possible. Corrections appreciated. If this your card, it will be mailed promptly upon receipt of payment...... Free Shipping World Wide.Thank you for your interest and I hope that I can help you with your collection..... Life and History on a Card",,,,Visit My eBay Store: HartsCardCart

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