Did You Know?  Autumn leaves provide a backdrop for the Quincy
Smelting Works located along Portage Lake across from Houghton,
Michigan.  The Quincy Smelting Works is the only copper smelter
in the Great Lakes region still standing in substantial
condition. It reflects the technology of the time, the
industrial processes critical to the industry and the workplace
of the people who produced copper for industrial and domestic
uses. More...