Familiar faces of the Copper Country. All photos were printed in the Daily Mining Gazette, 2001-2003.
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Nick Sirrdenis, owner of Mont Ripley, poses on a man-made snow avalance on the hill in Ripley, Michigan.
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Spelling Bee champ of Houghton, Michigan.
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Lil' Peace of Heaven antique shop in Ahmeek, Michigan.
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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) Tire shop in Baraga, Michigan.
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Glen Simila, owner of GS Engineering in Houghton, Michigan.
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Joe Brown, manager of the Upper Peninsula Power Company's plant at Victoria Dam, poses near the dam in Victoria, Michigan.
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Kevin Maki makes his own log furniture from his shop in Trimountain, Michigan.
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Kids ride the bus for the first time during the kindergarten roundup in Hancock, Michigan.
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Leo Chaput is a 40-hour-a-week volunteer curator at the Houghton County Historical Museum in Lake Linden, Michigan.
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LeRita Allert is a volunteer at the Copper Country Humane Society in Houghton, Michigan.
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"Students" in the heavy equipment training taught in Houghton, Michigan.
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RUO Matt Morgan stands outside the Baraga County Correctional Facility in Baraga, Michigan.
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Russ Veale teaches band at Houghton High School in Houghton, Michigan.
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Tim Keteri teaches science at Jeffers High School in Painesdale, Michigan.
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Tonya and Mike Lepisto own Hammer & Design in Lake Linden, Michigan.
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Chip Ransom skis over the last heap of snow at Mont Ripley in May in Ripley, Michigan.
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