Historical Marker
Drs. Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering
Historical marker location:
300 block of North Washington Square west side, Lansing, Michigan
( Marker can be reached from North Washington Square, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2007
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was once a major center for copper mining. The Keweenaw Peninsula was home to the largest concentration of copper mines in the world in the mid-19th century, and copper was an important natural resource for the state's economy.