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Podcast: Local Features by WXPR
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How Did Neighborhoods in the Upper Peninsula Get Their Names?
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:04:07
Publish Date: 2019-08-08 05:00:00
Description: We're spending today and tomorrow looking at some aspects of the historical influence of mining in the Upper Peninsula, specifically in the Ironwood area. Today we'll be answering a listener question. Tomorrow, we'll be remembering Andrew Carnegie and his influence in Ironwood ahead of the 100th anniversary of his death. ( Listen to Part Two about the significance of Andrew Carnegie in the Ironwood area here. ) The question we're answering today was submitted during our Curious North road trip stop in June: Why are there so many neighborhoods with their own names located in Ironwood and the surrounding areas? WXPR’s contributor Jim Skibo continues our We Live Up Here series with the answer. I grew up in the U.P., and like the listener, I have noticed that many towns have named neighborhoods, sometimes called “locations.” There are many reasons that a neighborhood could get a name, but if the town’s origin was mining it is likely that the neighborhood took the name of the nearby mine.
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