Copper Country Strike

On Christmas Eve, 1913, in the city of Calumet, 73 people died in a panicked stampede, crushed under each other's weight in a narrow staircase. It remains the largest mass murder in Michigan history. But, this is only one episode inside a greater story about the fight for collective action. How much money is it worth to maintain power? Are wins counted in the short term, or the long term? Will Alaina get a puppy for her birthday?

Links!

• General Abbey's telegram to Governor Ferris
• Keewanau National Historical Park; Historic Resource Study
• Italian Hall Memorial Park
• Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder; by Steve Lehto
• Woody Guthrie - 1913 Massacre
• Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913
• Copper Country on Board Game Geek
• SEX ARCHIE (iTunes/Stitcher/RSS) twitter

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